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Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, on 40 years since CDC published its first report on HIV in the United States June 5th, 2021Jamie Sibley

Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, on 40 years since CDC published its first report on HIV in the United States

June 5, 2021News & UpdatesDirector, First, from, Media, published, Report, Rochelle, Since, Statement, States, United, Walensky, yearsJamie Sibley

Forty years ago, CDC first reported on Pneumocystis pneumonia in five previously healthy young gay men in Los Angeles. Published on June 5, 1981, in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), this was the first CDC report of what would be known as HIV.

CDC: Artesunate Now First-Line Treatment for Severe Malaria in the United States January 13th, 2021Rozella Moorman

CDC: Artesunate Now First-Line Treatment for Severe Malaria in the United States

January 13, 2021News & UpdatesArtesunate, FirstLine, Malaria, severe, States, Treatment, UnitedRozella Moorman

CDC is issuing new guidance to clinicians for the treatment of severe malaria cases in the United States (U.S.). This change in treatment protocol is necessary because the only FDA-approved intravenous (IV) antimalarial drug in the U.S., quinidine, has been discontinued by the manufacturer and will no longer be available. As of April 2019, artesunate, … Continue reading CDC: Artesunate Now First-Line Treatment for Severe Malaria in the United States →

CDC Expands Negative COVID-19 Test Requirement to All Air Passengers Entering the United States January 13th, 2021Jose Sibley

CDC Expands Negative COVID-19 Test Requirement to All Air Passengers Entering the United States

January 13, 2021News & UpdatesCOVID19, Entering, Expands, negative, Passengers, Requirement, States, Test, UnitedJose Sibley

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding the requirement for a negative COVID-19 test to all air passengers entering the United States.

CDC to Require Negative COVID-19 Test for Air Travelers from the United Kingdom to the U.S. January 3rd, 2021Malcom Marin

CDC to Require Negative COVID-19 Test for Air Travelers from the United Kingdom to the U.S.

January 3, 2021News & UpdatesCOVID19, from, Kingdom, negative, Require, Test, Travelers, U.S., UnitedMalcom Marin

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 U.K. to the United States.

First Travel-related Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Detected in United States October 15th, 2020John Moore

First Travel-related Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Detected in United States

October 15, 2020News & Updates2019, case, Coronavirus, Detected, First, Novel, States, Travelrelated, UnitedJohn Moore

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today confirmed the first case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the United States in the state of Washington.

Second Travel-related Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Detected in United States September 17th, 2020Mary Green

Second Travel-related Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Detected in United States

September 17, 2020News & Updates2019, case, Coronavirus, Detected, Novel, second, States, Travelrelated, UnitedMary Green

he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today confirmed the second infection with 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the United States has been detected in Illinois.

CDC confirms additional cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in United States September 9th, 2020Patricia Smoot

CDC confirms additional cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in United States

September 9, 2020News & Updates2019, Additional, Cases, Confirms, Coronavirus, Novel, States, UnitedPatricia Smoot

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today confirmed additional travel-related infections of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the United States, this time in Arizona and California.

CDC Confirms Person-to-Person Spread of New Coronavirus in the United States July 7th, 2020John Williams

CDC Confirms Person-to-Person Spread of New Coronavirus in the United States

July 7, 2020News & UpdatesConfirms, Coronavirus, PersontoPerson, Spread, States, UnitedJohn Williams

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today confirmed that the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has spread between two people in the United States, representing the first instance of person-to-person spread with this new virus here.

United States Coronavirus (COVID-19) Death Toll Surpasses 100,000 May 30th, 2020Kevin Post

United States Coronavirus (COVID-19) Death Toll Surpasses 100,000

May 30, 2020News & Updates100000, Coronavirus, COVID19, Death, States, Surpasses, Toll, UnitedKevin Post

Today the number of people in the United States who have died from COVID-19 surpassed 100,000. Families, friends, coworkers, loved ones and community members are grieving for each person who has been lost to this disease.

More People in the United States Dying from Antibiotic-Resistant Infections than Previously Estimated November 17th, 2019Brian Metz

More People in the United States Dying from Antibiotic-Resistant Infections than Previously Estimated

November 17, 2019News & UpdatesAntibioticResistant, Dying, Estimated, from, Infections, More, People, Previously, States, Than, UnitedBrian Metz

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released its updated Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States (AR Threats Report) indicating that antibiotic-resistant bacteria and fungi cause more than 2.8 million infections and 35,000 deaths in the United States each year.