Tag Archives: Epidemic

Despite over 2 million sexually transmitted infections reported in 2023, CDC data suggest that the STI epidemic may be slowing November 13th, 2024Rebecca King

Despite over 2 million sexually transmitted infections reported in 2023, CDC data suggest that the STI epidemic may be slowing

November 13, 2024News & Updates2023, Data, Despite, Epidemic, Infections, Million, Over, reported, sexually, Slowing, suggest, transmittedRebecca King

Despite over 2 million sexually transmitted infections reported in 2023, CDC data suggest that the STI epidemic may be slowing

CDC Foundation's New Business Pulse Focuses on Opioid Overdose Epidemic – Media Advisory June 8th, 2024Isabel Kennedy

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

June 8, 2024News & UpdatesAdvisory, Business, Epidemic, Focuses, Foundation&#039s, Media, Opioid, Overdose, PulseIsabel Kennedy

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.

CDC awards $12 million to help states fight opioid overdose epidemic – Press Release February 19th, 2024Stephanie Carpenter

CDC awards $12 million to help states fight opioid overdose epidemic – Press Release

February 19, 2024News & UpdatesAwards, Epidemic, Fight, help, Million, Opioid, Overdose, Press, Release, StatesStephanie Carpenter

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be awarding this week more than $12 million to 23 states and the District of Columbia to support their responses to the opioid overdose epidemic.

Country with world's highest HIV prevalence is now controlling its HIV epidemic – Press Release February 15th, 2024Rozella Robertson

Country with world's highest HIV prevalence is now controlling its HIV epidemic – Press Release

February 15, 2024News & UpdatesControlling, country, Epidemic, highest, Press, Prevalence, Release, World&#039sRozella Robertson

New findings from Swaziland, supported by the Swazi Ministry of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), reveal remarkable progress in controlling the country’s HIV epidemic and are the latest to show that global HIV efforts are helping to curb the HIV … Continue reading Country with world's highest HIV prevalence is now controlling its HIV epidemic – Press Release →

CDC awards $28.6 million to help states fight opioid overdose epidemic – Press Release January 25th, 2024Gerald Stone

CDC awards $28.6 million to help states fight opioid overdose epidemic – Press Release

January 25, 2024News & Updates$28.6, Awards, Epidemic, Fight, help, Million, Opioid, Overdose, Press, Release, StatesGerald Stone

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding more than $28.6 million in additional funding to 44 states and the District of Columbia to support their responses to the opioid overdose epidemic.

CDC launches campaign to help states fight prescription opioid epidemic – Press Release January 1st, 2024Angela Galloway

CDC launches campaign to help states fight prescription opioid epidemic – Press Release

January 1, 2024News & UpdatesCampaign, Epidemic, Fight, help, launches, Opioid, Prescription, Press, Release, StatesAngela Galloway

Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is launching Rx Awareness, a powerful communication campaign featuring real-life accounts of people recovering from opioid use disorder and people who have lost loved ones to prescription opioid overdose.

U.S. STI Epidemic Showed No Signs of Slowing in 2021 – Cases Continued to Escalate April 11th, 2023Helen King

U.S. STI Epidemic Showed No Signs of Slowing in 2021 – Cases Continued to Escalate

April 11, 2023News & Updates2021, Cases, continued, Epidemic, Escalate, Showed, Signs, Slowing, U.S.Helen King

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.

New Data Show Dramatic Progress in Namibia Toward HIV Epidemic Control and Substantial Gaps in Cote d'Ivoire and Cameroon March 12th, 2023Robert Ellingsworth

New Data Show Dramatic Progress in Namibia Toward HIV Epidemic Control and Substantial Gaps in Cote d'Ivoire and Cameroon

March 12, 2023News & UpdatesCameroon, Control, Côte, d&#039Ivoire, Data, Dramatic, Epidemic, Gaps, Namibia, Progress, Show, Substantial, towardRobert Ellingsworth

The Government of the Republic of Namibia, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and ICAP at Columbia University (ICAP) released new data today at the 2018 International AIDS Conference demonstrating that the HIV epidemic is coming under control in Namibia.

CDC provides new funds to battle the opioid overdose epidemic January 24th, 2023Billie Thomas

CDC provides new funds to battle the opioid overdose epidemic

January 24, 2023News & UpdatesBattle, Epidemic, Funds, Opioid, Overdose, ProvidesBillie Thomas

CDC has awarded $155 million in new funding to states and four U.S. territories to advance the understanding of the opioid overdose epidemic and to scale-up prevention and response activities, including improving the timeliness and quality of surveillance data.

CDC Media Statement from Dr. Redfield on Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America May 31st, 2022Kay Ford

CDC Media Statement from Dr. Redfield on Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America

May 31, 2022News & UpdatesAmerica, Ending, Epidemic, from, Media, Plan, Redfield, StatementKay Ford

Dr. Robert R. Redfield’s statement on the administration’s plan to deploy the people and key prevention and treatment strategies needed to reduce new HIV infections by 75 percent over the next 5 years.