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- Annual Report to the Nation Part 2: New cancer diagnoses fell abruptly early in the COVID-19 pandemic September 27, 2023New diagnoses of six major cancer types in the United States fell abruptly in early 2020, coinciding with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to findings from part 2 of the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer.
- CDC recommends new vaccine to help protect babies against severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) illness after birth September 22, 2023Today, CDC recommended the first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for pregnant people to protect their newborn from severe RSV illness. RSV is the leading cause of hospitalization for U.S. infants. This new vaccine, Pfizer’s bivalent RSVpreF vaccine (trade name Abrysvo TM), has been shown to reduce the risk of RSV hospitalization for babies by […]
- CDC announces $262M funding to support National Network for Outbreak Response and Disease Modeling September 22, 2023On September 19, 2022, CDC announced the recipients of 13 funding awards to establish a first-of-its-kind national network, the Outbreak Analytics and Disease Modeling Network (OADMN).