CDC Online Newsroom

CDC will host a media telebriefing today to discuss the on-going outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. There is no significant risk in the U.S. While it is unlikely that the disease would spread if imported into the United States, the recent infections

Telebriefing on two MMWR articles released today by the CDC. One article is on the National, Regional, State and Selected Local Area Vaccination Coverage among Adolescents age 13 to 17 in the United States in 2013. The other is on Human

CDC announced today the formation of an external laboratory safety workgroup of the Advisory Committee to the Director of CDC.

CDC will host a media telebriefing to discuss the latest coverage rate estimates for vaccines recommended for adolescents in the United States.

CDC hosted a media briefing to discuss the report that highlights actions being taken by the agency to prevent lab incidents, including the recent anthrax lab incident occurring in early June at the Roybal Campus location in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report today that reviews the early June incident that involved the unintentional exposure of personnel to potentially viable anthrax at the CDC's Roybal Campus.

CDC will host a media briefing to discuss the report that highlights actions being taken by the agency to prevent lab incidents, including the recent anthrax lab incident occurring in early June at the Roybal Campus location in Atlanta, Georgia.

The CDC Public Health Library and Information Center will be renamed the Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library. The official dedication program will include the opening of the Stephen B. Thacker Legacy Exhibit in the Library and the unveiling of a memorial

On July 1, 2014, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) notified the appropriate regulatory agency, the Division of Select Agents and Toxins (DSAT) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), that employees discovered vials labeled

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has completed additional work to further define the risk of anthrax for employees potentially exposed because best safety practices were not followed in one of its laboratories in early June.