The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) through the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA) to establish an outbreak response network for disease forecasting to support decision makers during public health emergencies. The NOFO establishes a new program via cooperative agreement that is intended to support..
<![CDATA[CDC Online Newsroom]]> https://tools.cdc.gov/podcasts/feed.asp?feedid=183 2015-11-20T23:09:00Z https://www.cdc.gov/images/newsroom.jpg krc4@cdc.gov <![CDATA[Transcript: PHE Briefing]]> https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/t0508-covid-phe.html 2023-05-08T00:00:00Z <![CDATA[Walensky Announces Departure from CDC]]> https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0505-walensky.html 2023-05-05T00:00:00Z <![CDATA[CDC’s Disease Detectives Give First-Hand Accounts from the Front Lines of Public Health]]> https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0419-eis.html 2023-04-20T09:48:00Z <![CDATA[CDC simplifies COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, allows older adults and immunocompromised adults to get second dose of the updated vaccine]]> https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/s0419-covid-vaccines.html 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z..
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CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky announced today her intent to depart the agency at the end of June. Walensky has led CDC through a transition to greater normalcy across the country, after two years of COVID-19 related closures and waves of dangerous, new virus variants. She also launched Moving Forward – a wide-ranging set of..
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold its annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference April 24–27, 2023 in Atlanta. The event will feature 97 presentations on recent groundbreaking investigations and innovative analyses conducted by EIS officers—better known as CDC’s disease detectives. Conference attendance is free and open to the public, and..
Following FDA regulatory action, CDC has taken steps to simplify COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and allow more flexibility for people at higher risk who want the option of added protection from additional COVID-19 vaccine doses. CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met today to discuss these COVID-19 vaccine recommendation changes, and the associated implications and implementation. Although..
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through its National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), are pleased to launch the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer online enrollment system for firefighters across the nation. The NFR for cancer is the largest effort undertaken by the nation to support and advance understanding of cancer..
Reported cases of the sexually transmitted infections (STIs) chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis all increased between 2020 and 2021 – reaching a total of more than 2.5 million reported cases – according to CDC’s final surveillance data.
The ATSDR Partnership to Promote Local Efforts to Reduce Environmental Exposure (APPLETREE) cooperative agreement program will award $13.95 million to fund 30 state health departments to evaluate past and present exposure to environmental hazards and to prevent future exposures. The cooperative agreement will provide $66.5 million (projected) to 30 state health departments over the next..
The expanded availability of opioid use disorder-related telehealth services and medications during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a lowered likelihood of fatal drug overdose among Medicare beneficiaries, according to a new study. “The results of this study add to the growing research documenting the benefits of expanding the use of telehealth services for people..