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This film describes the work of the Communicable Disease Center (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, which was founded in 1946. The film surveys the CDC’s work with state health departments to combat …

The Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted unanimously to recommend an additional COVID-19 vaccine dose for immunocompromised patients. The r…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) celebrated the 70th anniversary of the agency’s Epidemic Intelligence Services (EIS) program, which was created to investigate and respon…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices held a virtual meeting to discuss who would get the COVID-19 vaccine first. The top two groups lik…

Vice President Pence traveled to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to lead a roundtable discussion on COVID-19 vaccines. The vice president said the first vaccine could be…

The Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention unveiled new guidelines for returning to daily life amid the coronavirus pandemic. They spoke to reporters on a teleconference. This was th…

Dr. Thomas Frieden held a press conference call the day after returning from a week in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, where he spoke with patients and staff; met with many of CDC’s 170 st…

Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Dr. David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, updated reporters on th…

Dr. Tom Frieden spoke to reporters about CDC (Centers for Disease Control) efforts to improve health care worker safely in response to the nurse in Dallas who was diagnosed with Ebola after …

Dr. Tom Frieden and Dr. David Lakey, the commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, updated reporters on the Dallas response to the second reported case of Ebola in the U…

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Thomas Frieden briefed reporters on new Ebola virus screening guidelines at U.S. airports. Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Alejan…

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Thomas Frieden, and Texas health officials participating by telephone, briefed reporters on the first confirmed case of Ebola diagno…

Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including Director Dr. Tom Frieden, held a news conference to update the investigation of the first Ebola case diagnosed in the…

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Thomas Frieden, and Texas health officials participating by telephone, briefed reporters on the first confirmed case of Ebola diagno…

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden held a conference call with reporters to give an update on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Thomas Frieden, Centers for Disease Control director, updated reporters and answered questions on 2009 H1N1 swine flu virus vaccine distribution.

Dr. Annie Schuchat spoke to reporters and answered questions on H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. She said the flu virus has caused 3,900 deaths in the U.S. so far. She also said 22 million…

Anne Schuchat briefed reporters on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated guidelines on antivirals, and the H1N1 swine flu.

Thomas Frieden briefed reporters and answered questions about the H1N1 flu virus. He talked about preparations for an expected increase in swine flu cases in the fall, and noted that scienti…

Former President Bill Clinton spoke about obesity prevention and health care issues. In his remarks he focused on the costs of obesity to families and communities, but frequently made refere…