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Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - How can we stop deaths from cervical cancer? - Transcript
Telebriefing on the new Vital Signs Report: How can we stop deaths from cervical cancer?
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Get Smart About Antibiotics Week 2014 - Digital Press Kit
Infections caused by resistant bacteria have become more common, and many bacteria have become resistant to multiple antibiotics. In fact, each year more than two million people in the United States get infections that are resistant to antibiotics and at least 23,000 people di...
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Millions of US women are not getting screened for cervical cancer - Press Release
Despite evidence that cervical cancer screening saves lives, about eight million women ages 21 to 65 years have not been screened for cervical cancer in the past five years, according to a new Vital Signs (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns) report from the Centers for Disease Control and...
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New Vital Signs Report: How can we stop deaths from cervical cancer? - Media Advisory
Despite evidence that cervical cancer screening saves lives, in 2012 about eight million women ages 21 to 65 years had not been screened for cervical cancer in the past five years, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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CDC Issues Revised Interim U.S. Guidance for Monitoring and Movement of Persons with Potential Ebola Virus Exposure - Media Statement
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued today revised Interim U.S. Guidance for Monitoring and Movement of Persons with Ebola Virus Exposure
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Monitoring Symptoms and Controlling Movement to Stop Spread of Ebola - Fact Sheet
This fact sheet explains CDC's updated guidance to protect America from Ebola. This updated guidance focuses on strengthening how we monitor people who may have been exposed to Ebola and how medical professionals will oversee their care and, when warranted to protect the publi...
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Update: New York City and CDC Report Positive Tests for Ebola in Volunteer International Aid Worker - 10-24-2014 - Media Statement
A hospitalized medical aid worker who volunteered in Guinea, one of the three West African nations experiencing an Ebola epidemic, and since returned to the United States has tested positive for Ebola according to the New York City Health Department laboratory, which is part o...
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New York City Reports Positive Test for Ebola in Volunteer International Aid Work - Media Statement
A hospitalized medical aid worker who volunteered in Guinea, one of the three West African nations experiencing an Ebola epidemic, and since returned to the United States has tested positive for Ebola according to the New York City Health Department laboratory, which is part o...
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CDC update on Ebola Response : 10-22-2014 - Transcript
CDC hosted a telebriefing to update CDC Ebola response activities in the United States and West Africa.
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CDC Announces Active Post-Arrival Monitoring for Travelers from Impacted Countries - Press Release
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that public health authorities will begin active post-arrival monitoring of travelers whose travel originates in Liberia, Sierra Leone, or Guinea.
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CDC update on Ebola Response, 10-22-2014 - Media Advisory
CDC will host a telebriefing to update CDC Ebola response activities in the United States and West Africa.
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CDC update on Ebola Response and PPE: 10-20-2014 - Transcript
CDC hosted a telebriefing to update the investigation of Ebola in the United States and West Africa.
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Tightened Guidance for U.S. Healthcare Workers on Personal Protective Equipment for Ebola - Fact Sheet - Media Statement
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tightening previous infection control guidance for healthcare workers caring for patients with Ebola, to ensure there is no ambiguity.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Dallas and Ohio Flights - Frequently Asked Questions
The hospital worker was monitoring herself for fever and other symptoms of Ebola, but did not fall into any of the risk categories that required restriction of movement based on CDC's movement and monitoring guidelines.
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CDC is expanding its outreach to airline passengers now to include those who flew from Dallas Fort Worth to Cleveland
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expanding its outreach to airline passengers now to include those who flew from Dallas Fort Worth to Cleveland on Frontier flight 1142 on Oct. 10.