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CDC Highlights Significant Contributions in the Fight against Zika in 2016 – Press Release

Seventy years after CDC was founded to fight mosquitoes that carried malaria, CDC found itself entrenched in combat with another mosquito-borne illness, Zika virus.

CDC awards nearly $184 million to continue the fight against Zika – Press Release

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today it is awarding nearly $184 million in funding to states, territories, local jurisdictions, and universities to support efforts to protect Americans from Zika virus infection and associated adverse health outcomes, including microcephaly and other serious birth defects.

Cooper Elliott Law Firm Helps Survivors of Backpage.com Sex Trafficking in Fight for Financial Restitution

Columbus, Ohio – A forfeiture of $215 million worth of Backpage.com’s former assets has been announced by the Justice Department, making way for survivors of the sex trafficking site to seek restitution. Cooper Elliott, a Columbus, Ohio-based law firm that specializes in abuse cases, is working together with the Justice Department to raise awareness about … Continue reading Cooper Elliott Law Firm Helps Survivors of Backpage.com Sex Trafficking in Fight for Financial Restitution

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

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.

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

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

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. Challenges World to Intensify Global Fight against Antibiotic Resistance

U.S. challenges world to intensify global fight against antibiotic resistance by committing to the AMR Challenge. A pledge to this initiative means escalating government, civil society, and private industry efforts to save lives from antibiotic resistance-one of the world’s greatest public health threats-by developing new vaccines and drugs, and improving use of and access to … Continue reading U.S. Challenges World to Intensify Global Fight against Antibiotic Resistance

U.S. Challenges World to Intensify Global Fight against Antibiotic Resistance

The United States announced today, during the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, The AMR Challenge-the most ambitious global initiative to date to combat the growing threat of antibiotic resistance