The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday issued a clarification of earlier guidance on coronavirus testing, days after a quiet change sparked protests from the scientific and medical communities. In a statement, Di
Deloitte and prime contractor Chickasaw Nation Industries have collaborated since 2015 to develop and maintain the Overseas Business Management System (OBMS) for the Center for Global Health (CGH) within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Together, they successfully delivered an int...
As a result, the WHO declared a public health emergency of international concern. On June 11, the Director General of the WHO, Dr. Margaret Chan, declared influenza pandemic phase 6. By August 2010, over a year later, she announced that the pandemic had subsided. During its course, the ...
Former CDC Director Tom Frieden to Launch New Global Health InitiativeHelen Branswell,STAT
“Despite being preventable and curable, TB is now the world’s top infectious disease killer,”Rebecca Martin, PhD,director of the CDC’s Center for Global Health, toldInfectious Disease News. Globally, considerable action is being taken to eliminate TB, including multidrug-resistant TB, a form...
In Europe, a risk assessment from the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Jan. 9 stated “the likelihood of introduction to the EU is considered to be low, but cannot be excluded.” Then, on Jan. 18, the CDC confirmed the first U.S. case of Covid. Public health ...
China CDC Weekly, established in November 2019, is a new national public health bulletin headed by Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) Director-General George F. Gao. In addition to acting as the Editor-in-Chief of China CDC Weekly, Dr. Gao is also the Dean of ...
China CDC Weekly,established in November 2019,is a new national public health bulletin headed by Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention(China CDC)DirectorGeneral George F.Gao.In addition to acting as the Editor-in-Chief of China CDC Weekly, Dr. Gao is alsothe Dean of the Savaid ...
“That’s huge,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University vaccine expert. The tally was nearly twice as much as what health officials previously considered a bad year, he said. In recent years, flu-related deaths have ranged from about 12,000 to 56,000, according to the CDC....
Additional Contributions: We are grateful to the following for their assistance with this project: Mukungo Munyanga, MD, PhD, Director of the Bukavu School of Public Health; Ann C. Macaulay, CM, MD, FCFP, McGill University Department of Family Medicine; and Maysaa Mahmoud, PhD, the Internatio...