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CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's Impact Wellbeing™ Campaign Releases Hospital-Tested Guide to Improve Healthcare Worker BurnoutAs part of the first federal campaign to address healthcare worker burnout, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) today released an evidence-informed and actionable guide for the nation's hospital leaders to improve healthcare worker wellbeing – Impact Wellbeing™ Guide: Taking Action to Improve Healthcare Worker Wellbeing.
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CDC Statement on the President's Fiscal Year 2025Today, the Biden-Harris Administration released the President's Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) budget request for FY 2025 includes $9.683 billion in discretionary budget authority, Prevention and Public Health Funds, and Public Health Service Evaluation Funds, which is $521.1 million over the FY 2023 appropriation.
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CDC study shows effectiveness of RSV immunization for infantsNew data released today in CDC's MMWR show that nirsevimab, a long-acting monoclonal antibody product, was highly effective in protecting infants from hospitalizations associated with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
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CDC updates and simplifies respiratory virus recommendationsCDC released today updated recommendations for how people can protect themselves and their communities from respiratory viruses, including COVID-19.
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Older Adults Now Able to Receive Additional Dose of Updated COVID-19 VaccineToday, CDC Director Mandy Cohen endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) recommendation for adults ages 65 years and older to receive an additional updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine dose.
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CDC Warns of E. Coli outbreak linked to raw milk cheeseTen people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli have been reported from four states. Four people have been hospitalized and one person developed hemolytic uretic syndrome. This is a serious condition that can cause kidney failure. No deaths have been reported.
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CDC's Tips From Former Smokers® Launches New Ads to Encourage People to Quit SmokingThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Tips From Former Smokers® (Tips®) campaign returns today with new ads to encourage people to quit smoking.
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CDC Opens New East Asia and Pacific Regional Office in JapanU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Mandy Cohen celebrated the opening of the new CDC East Asia and Pacific (EAP) regional office in Tokyo, Japan.
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Seniors in Care Facilities Have More Protection Available This Year: CDC Encourages Vaccination Against Flu, COVID-19 and RSVNew research in this week's MMWR finds that most nursing home residents haven't received an updated COVID-19 vaccine or the new RSV vaccine.
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Case count doubles and recalls expand in Salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupes and pre-cut fruit productsCase count doubles and recalls expand in Salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupes and pre-cut fruit products
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CDC and FDA Expedite the Availability of Additional Doses of New RSV Immunization for InfantsToday, CDC announced the release of more than 77,000 additional doses of Beyfortus™ (nirsevimab-alip (100 mg), a long-acting monoclonal antibody designed to protect infants against severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease. 
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Global measles threat continues to grow as another year passes with millions of children unvaccinatedFollowing years of declines in measles vaccination coverage, measles cases in 2022 have increased by 18%, and deaths have increased by 43% globally (compared to 2021). This takes the estimated number of measles cases to 9 million and deaths to 136,000 – mostly among children – according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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More Than One in Three Americans are at Increased Risk for Type 2 Diabetes, but Changing the Outcome is PossiblePrediabetes is reversible, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Ad Council want to make sure people know they can change the outcome.
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Biden-Harris Administration Agencies Sign Interagency Agreement to Address Wildfire Risk and Protect Communities from SmokeToday, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mandy Cohen announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to further their joint work to protect communities from the impacts of wildfire smoke, while promoting land management practices that reduce the risk of large, severe fires.
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Transcript for Vital Signs Telebriefing: Syphilis in Babies Reflects Health System FailuresThis transcript is for the telebriefing on the release of Vital Signs: Syphilis in Babies Reflects Health System Failures, which took place on Tuesday, November 7, at 12:00 noon.
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U.S. Syphilis Cases in Newborns Continue to Increase: A 10-Times Increase Over a DecadeCDC is recommending concerted action to stop the increase of newborn syphilis cases and continues to sound the alarm about the consequences of a rapidly accelerating epidemic of sexually transmitted infections in the United States. Syphilis during pregnancy can cause tragic outcomes, like miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, and lifelong medical issues.
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CDC expands testing of international air traveler samples to include flu RSV, and other respiratory virusesCDC is conducting a new pilot on samples it is collecting as part of its Traveler-based Genomic Surveillance (TGS) program that will provide early detection of flu, RSV, and select other respiratory viruses, in addition to SARS-CoV-2.
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E-cigarette Use Down Among U.S. High School Students in 2023A study released today from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows that, among high school students, current (past 30-day) use of any tobacco product declined during 2022-2023 (16.5% to 12.6%), primarily driven by a decline in e-cigarette use (14.1% to 10.0%).
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CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Launches First Federal Campaign for Hospitals to Tackle Healthcare Workers BurnoutThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announced today the launch of Impact Wellbeing.
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Transcript: Health Workers Face a Mental Health CrisisTranscript: Health Workers Face a Mental Health Crisis
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