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• Transcript: Mpox Briefing May 30, 2023
  Transcript for Mpox Telebriefing that took place on May 18, 2023.
• Update on Rapid Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission at 2023 EIS Conference May 26, 2023
  On Thursday, April 27, several in-person attendees at the annual EIS conference notified conference organizers that they had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
• HIV Declines Among Young People and Drives Overall Decrease in New HIV Infections May 23, 2023
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) through the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA) to establish an outbreak response network for disease forecasting to support decision makers during public health emergencies.
• New Funding Opportunity to Strengthen Outbreak Response through Data, Forecasting, and Analytics May 19, 2023
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) through the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA) to establish an outbreak response network for disease forecasting to support decision makers during public health emergencies.
• Transcript: PHE Briefing May 8, 2023
  Transcript for the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Announcement
• Walensky Announces Departure from CDC May 5, 2023
  CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky announced today her intent to depart the agency at the end of June. Walensky has led CDC through a transition to greater normalcy across the country, after two years of COVID-19 related closures and waves of dangerous, new virus variants.
• CDC’s Disease Detectives Give First-Hand Accounts from the Front Lines of Public Health April 20, 2023
  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold its annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference April 24–27, 2023 in Atlanta. The event will feature 97 presentations on recent groundbreaking investigations and innovative analyses conducted by EIS officers—better known as CDC’s disease detectives.
• CDC simplifies COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, allows older adults and immunocompromised adults to get second dose of the updated vaccine April 19, 2023
  Following FDA regulatory action, CDC has taken steps to simplify COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and allow more flexibility for people at higher risk who want the option of added protection from additional COVID-19 vaccine doses.
• NIOSH Launches the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer to Understand and Reduce Cancer in the Fire Service April 17, 2023
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through its National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), are pleased to launch the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer online enrollment system for firefighters across the nation.
• U.S. STI Epidemic Showed No Signs of Slowing in 2021 – Cases Continued to Escalate April 11, 2023
  Reported cases of the sexually transmitted infections (STIs) chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis all increased between 2020 and 2021 – reaching a total of more than 2.5 million reported cases – according to CDC’s final surveillance data.