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CDC and SHAPE America Release New Resources to Improve Recess in Schools – Media Advisory

Strategies for Recess in Schools identifies 19 effective strategies schools can implement to increase student physical activity and academic achievement

NIOSH launches hearing loss prevention app – Media Advisory

CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announces the availability of a new mobile application (app) for iOS devices that will measure sound levels in the workplace to help workers learn about their noise exposure and reduce the chances of hearing loss.

CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report – Too loud! For Too long! – Media Advisory

According to the latest CDC Vital Signs report, many adults don’t hear as well as they think they do. About 40 million Americans ages 20 to 69 have hearing loss in one or both ears. Being around too much loud noise-like using a leaf blower or going to loud concerts – can cause permanent hearing … Continue reading CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report – Too loud! For Too long! – Media Advisory

CDC Museum Exhibition-Then & Now: Reinventing Quarantine for Globalization – Media Advisory

A new CDC museum exhibit, Then & Now: Reinventing Quarantine for Globalization, presents the untold story – contrasting the Then and Now – of reinventing the CDC Quarantine Program for an increasingly globalized world.

CDC hosts vector control experts to discuss strategies to combat Aedes aegypti – Media Advisory

CDC, in collaboration with the CDC Foundation, will convene a two-day meeting February 27-28, 2017, to exchange facts and information about options and methods for monitoring and controlling Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and to reduce the burden of illness in people from Zika and other diseases transmitted by this mosquito.

CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report – Why is the Number of US Adults Struggling with Arthritis Continuing to Climb? – Media Advisory

According to the latest CDC Vital Signs, more than 54 million US adults have arthritis – 24 million of whom are limited in performing daily activities.

Readout of Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting Held June 26 – 28, 2024

CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met June 26 – 28 to discuss data on multiple vaccines. The agenda and presentations are online.

CDC Foundation's New Business Pulse Focuses on Opioid Overdose Epidemic – Media Advisory

Business Pulse: Opioid Overdose Epidemic, launched today by the CDC Foundation, explores how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working to protect individuals from the widespread opioid overdose epidemic.