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News Articles: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Downtown Reynolds in Taylor County.

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As CDC prepares to tackle rural health, what could that mean in Georgia?

The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its new five-year strategic plan for the Office of Rural Health earlier this month. 

September 24, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
Tyler Mitchell's 'Untitled (Paper Planes), 2022' is a key work in his new solo exhibition at Atlanta's High Museum of Art. The show is on display until Dec. 1, 2024.

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  • Art & Design

'Tyler Mitchell: Idyllic Space' shines at Atlanta's High Museum. Plus: art at CDC, fashion at SCAD

Several art exhibitions and Atlanta are grabbing attention at the High Museum of Art, SCAD Fash and the CDC. GPB's Devon Zwald and Kristi York Wooten discuss why they're shows worth seeing.

July 01, 2024
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  • Devon Zwald and
  • Kristi York Wooten
After an alarming spike in 2021, maternal mortality numbers the next year went back down, according to a report released Thursday. CDC Director Mandy Cohen says the rates are still too high.

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  • Health

The CDC says maternal mortality rates in the U.S. got better, after a pandemic spike

The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. in 2022 – while still high – went back to where it was before deaths surged during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest CDC report.

May 02, 2024
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
While a crew of watermelon pickers in Pitts, Ga. eats their lunch under the shade of a pecan tree while their crew leaders watch from the air conditioned cab of a tractor, background.

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  • Health

In preparation for rising temperatures, health care providers access new tools to monitor heat risks

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Weather Service are pushing out tools released this week to help limit heat-related injuries.

April 26, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
The toes of a baby peek out of a blanket at a hospital in McAllen, Texas. On Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the increase of U.S. infant mortality rate to 3% in 2022 — a rare increase in a death statistic that has been generally been falling for decades.

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The US infant mortality rate rose last year. Georgia's increase is one of the highest in the country

The U.S. infant mortality rate rose 3% last year, which is the largest increase in two decades. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows significant death rate increases for white and Native American infants, infant boys and babies born at 37 weeks or earlier.

November 02, 2023
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  • Associated Press
CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen at the Commerce Club in Atlanta.

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  • Health

New CDC director wants to build relationships with lawmakers and restore trust in public health

New director Dr. Mandy Cohen wants people to know the CDC does more than monitor threats from respiratory viruses.

September 11, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
A young girl has a bandage placed on her arm after receiving an immunization.

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  • Health

CDC to reduce funding for states’ child vaccination programs

Citing the recent debt ceiling deal, the CDC is trimming its funding to child vaccination programs that focus on communities vulnerable to disease outbreaks. The cuts come despite data showing the percentage of children getting vaccinated has dropped in recent years.

July 06, 2023
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  • Andy Miller
This 2014 photo made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female Anopheles gambiae mosquito. The species is a known vector for the parasitic disease malaria.

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  • Health

Malaria cases in Texas and Florida are the first U.S. spread since 2003, the CDC says

Four of the cases were found in Florida, while the fifth was logged in Texas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

June 27, 2023
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  • Ashley Westerman
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in New York.

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  • News

Outgoing CDC director says resignation spurred by sense of accomplishment and exhaustion

The outgoing head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said her reasons for stepping down were complicated, driven in part by a desire to take a break from the frenetic pace of the job during a pandemic.

June 21, 2023
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  • Associated Press
An illustration of Shigella bacteria.

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  • Health

What is Shigella, the increasingly drug-resistant bacteria the CDC is warning about?

Shigella causes shigellosis, an inflammatory diarrhea. The extensively drug-resistant strain is relatively uncommon overall, but it's being seen in more cases among adults.

March 05, 2023
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  • Kaitlyn Radde
A patient undergoes dialysis at a clinic in Sacramento, Calif. New CDC data highlights racial disparities in the risk of staph bloodstream infections among dialysis patients.

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  • Health

Hispanic dialysis patients are more at risk for staph infections, the CDC says

Hispanic patients had a 40% higher risk of staph than white patients, a study found, and black patients are more at risk as well. The report outlines steps doctors can take to keep patients safer.

February 07, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
President Joe Biden talks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, after returning from an event in Baltimore on infrastructure.

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  • News

President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11

President Joe Biden has informed Congress that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared.

January 31, 2023
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  • Associated Press
public health worker

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  • Health

Georgia’s public health system gets nearly $100 million for workforce and upgrades

A grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is awarding states over $4 billion in funding over five years.

December 06, 2022
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sign stands at the entrance of their offices in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. On Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, the head of nation's top public health agency announced a shake-up of the organization, in a bid to respond to ongoing criticism and try to make it more nimble.

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  • News

Much of the CDC is working remotely. That could make changing the agency difficult

Like many U.S. workplaces, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention went remote during the pandemic. Most of the agency’s staff members haven’t returned to the office full time, raising concerns about the CDC’s ability to reform itself after recent stumbles.

December 05, 2022
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  • Sam Whitehead

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  • News

Groups call for halt to CDC's HIV genetic surveillance program

For years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been tracking outbreaks of HIV infections using genetic sequencing. Some are calling for this practice to stop. Sam Whitehead of Kaiser Health News’ Southern Bureau has been reporting on this. He spoke with GPB’s Peter Biello.

August 04, 2022
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  • Peter Biello
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