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Today, the White House released the "National Action Plan to Combat Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB)". This plan is a crucial step to address MDR TB, a growing public health threat that reflects missed opportunities to find, cure, and

CDC will host a media briefing to discuss two new publications: one, a New England Journal of Medicine article updating previous national healthcare-associated infection estimates, and the other a 2012 annual report detailing national and state

CDC to provide an update on flu and vaccination activity this season and share new data on the impact of vaccination last season.

The Advisory Committee to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (ACD), as authorized by federal law, is being re-established.

Starting Thursday, March 4, 2021, airlines and other aircraft operators will be required to collect and transmit contact information to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for appropriate public health follow-up and intervention for all

Today, President Trump is taking another step to protect the health of the American people by requiring air passengers arriving from the United Kingdom (U.K.) to test negative, via PCR or Antigen test, no more than 72 hours before departure from the

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided an update on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus response.

Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was confirmed today in a traveler to the United States. This virus is relatively new to humans and was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012.

Transcipt of the telebriefing detailing a second imported case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) which was confirmed late night on May 11 in a traveler to the United States. This patient is a healthcare worker who resides and works in Saudi

New Edition of CDC's "Yellow Book" Provides Updated Information on International Travel Health Risks