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CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report – What can be done to help prevent smokers and nonsmokers from getting more than 12 cancers associated with tobacco use and secondhand smoke? – Media Advisory April 15th, 2025Patricia Getty

CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report – What can be done to help prevent smokers and nonsmokers from getting more than 12 cancers associated with tobacco use and secondhand smoke? – Media Advisory

April 15, 2025News & UpdatesAdvisory, Associated, Cancers, done, from, Getting, help, Media, More, nonsmokers, Prevent, Report, Secondhand, Signs, Smoke, Smokers, Telebriefing, Than, Tobacco, VitalPatricia Getty

Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of cancer and cancer deaths. Cancers linked to tobacco use make up 40% of all cancers diagnosed.

CDC adds Palau to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus – Media Statement April 11th, 2025Fannie Foley

CDC adds Palau to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus – Media Statement

April 11, 2025News & UpdatesAdds, Guidance, interim, Media, Palau, related, Statement, Travel, virus, ZikaFannie Foley

CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing spread of Zika virus?. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Palau. CDC has issued travel notices (level 2, “practice enhanced precautions”) for people traveling to destinations with Zika.

CDC Reports Improvement in Childhood Obesity among Young Children Enrolled in WIC – Media Statement April 7th, 2025James Jones

CDC Reports Improvement in Childhood Obesity among Young Children Enrolled in WIC – Media Statement

April 7, 2025News & UpdatesAmong, Childhood, children, Enrolled, Improvement, Media, Obesity, Reports, Statement, YoungJames Jones

Obesity among low-income children (ages 2-4 years) enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) decreased from 15.9 percent in 2010 to 14.5 percent in 2014.

CDC adds Montserrat to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus – Media Statement April 5th, 2025Keith Clauson

CDC adds Montserrat to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus – Media Statement

April 5, 2025News & UpdatesAdds, Guidance, interim, Media, Montserrat, related, Statement, Travel, virus, ZikaKeith Clauson

CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing spread of Zika virus?. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Montserrat. CDC has issued travel notices (level 2, “practice enhanced precautions”) for people traveling to destinations with Zika.

CDC, US and Brazilian researchers find evidence of onset of Zika-associated microcephaly and other neurologic complications after birth – Media Statement April 3rd, 2025Ashley Schick

CDC, US and Brazilian researchers find evidence of onset of Zika-associated microcephaly and other neurologic complications after birth – Media Statement

April 3, 2025News & UpdatesAfter, Birth, Brazilian, complications, Evidence, Find, Media, Microcephaly, neurologic, onset, Researchers, Statement, ZikaassociatedAshley Schick

CDC researchers in collaboration with researchers from the United States and Brazil investigated the first series of infants with laboratory evidence of congenital Zika virus infection documented to have onset of microcephaly after birth.

CDC updates guidance for Miami Beach (FL) area with active Zika transmission – Media Statement April 3rd, 2025Pedro King

CDC updates guidance for Miami Beach (FL) area with active Zika transmission – Media Statement

April 3, 2025News & UpdatesActive, Area, Beach, Guidance, Media, Miami, Statement, transmission, Updates, ZikaPedro King

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated guidance for people who travel to or live in the previously identified 4.5-square-mile area in Miami Beach, FL. The North Miami Beach-designated area is no longer considered to be an area of active Zika virus transmission (red area).

CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report How can expanded syringe services programs protect gains in HIV prevention? – Media Advisory April 1st, 2025Mary Lane

CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report How can expanded syringe services programs protect gains in HIV prevention? – Media Advisory

April 1, 2025News & UpdatesAdvisory, Expanded, gains, Media, Prevention, Programs, protect, Report, Services, Signs, syringe, Telebriefing, VitalMary Lane

One consequence of the nation’s devastating opioid epidemic is the increased risk of HIV and hepatitis B and C transmission through unsafe injection drug use. Syringe services programs (SSPs) can greatly reduce that risk.

CDC updates guidance for Little River (FL) area with active Zika transmission – Media Statement March 9th, 2025Lawrence Gordon

CDC updates guidance for Little River (FL) area with active Zika transmission – Media Statement

March 9, 2025News & UpdatesActive, Area, Guidance, Little, Media, River, Statement, transmission, Updates, ZikaLawrence Gordon

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated Zika guidance for people who travel to or live in the previously identified 1-square-mile area of Little River in Miami-Dade County, FL.

Evidence that Microcephaly Risk is Highest among Pregnant Women Infected Early in Pregnancy – Media Statement March 5th, 2025Earnest Buckley

Evidence that Microcephaly Risk is Highest among Pregnant Women Infected Early in Pregnancy – Media Statement

March 5, 2025News & UpdatesAmong, Early, Evidence, highest, Infected, Media, Microcephaly, Pregnancy, Pregnant, Risk, Statement, WomenEarnest Buckley

Colombia has experienced a 4-fold increase overall in microcephaly following the Zika virus outbreak in 2016, according to a study published today in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. This preliminary report on Zika virus disease and microcephaly in Colombia demonstrates that an increase in microcephaly is not specific to Brazil. This finding confirms … Continue reading Evidence that Microcephaly Risk is Highest among Pregnant Women Infected Early in Pregnancy – Media Statement →

CDC updates Zika guidance for South Miami Beach (FL) area – Media Statement February 19th, 2025Richard Grissett

CDC updates Zika guidance for South Miami Beach (FL) area – Media Statement

February 19, 2025News & UpdatesArea, Beach, Guidance, Media, Miami, South, Statement, Updates, ZikaRichard Grissett

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated guidance for people who travel to or live in the previously identified area of South Miami Beach, FL. This area is no longer considered to be an area of active Zika virus transmission (red area). It is now designated as a Zika cautionary area (yellow … Continue reading CDC updates Zika guidance for South Miami Beach (FL) area – Media Statement →