In response to a request from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Trioplex Real-time RT-PCR Assay, a diagnostic tool for Zika virus that will be distributed to qualified laboratories.

The release of the CDC guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain

In our effort to reach primary care providers, the respected voice of JAMA is instrumental. We are encouraged by JAMA's publication of five perceptive and practical opinions that give prescribers insight into the need for and application of the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain according to their patients' needs.

Business Pulse: 5 Ways CDC Protects the Health of Your Business, launched today by the CDC Foundation, provides America's employers with CDC guidance and resources in five key areas.

As part of the urgent response to the epidemic of overdose deaths, CDC issued new recommendations for prescribing opioid medications for chronic pain, excluding cancer, palliative, and end-of-life care.

Today, CDC is issuing new recommendations for prescribing opioid medications for chronic pain, excluding cancer, palliative, and end-of-life care

As part of the U.S. government's urgent response to the epidemic of overdose deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today is issuing new recommendations for prescribing opioid medications for chronic pain, excluding cancer, palliative, and end-of-life care.

PulseNet, a national network of public health laboratories, prevents an estimated 270,000 cases of food poisoning and saves half a billion dollars every year.

A national network of public health laboratories prevents an estimated 270,000 cases of food poisoning and saves half a billion dollars every year, according to a study released today.

Mosquitoes linked to Zika virus not likely in areas above 6,500 feet (2,000 meters)

Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Updates on Zika response efforts

CDC Director Tom Frieden traveled to Puerto Rico March 7-9 to assess firsthand CDC's support for the Zika response. He will provide an assessment of the situation in Puerto Rico and an update on CDC's Zika response efforts.

CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC added the following destination to the Zika virus travel notices: New Caledonia.

The Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer (1975-2012) shows that death rates continued to decline for all cancers combined, as well as for most cancer sites for men and women of all major racial and ethnic populations.

CDC is hosting a one-day Zika Action Plan Summit as the nation faces likely local mosquito-borne transmission of Zika virus in some places in the continental United States.

CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, will travel to Puerto Rico March 7-9 to assess first-hand CDC's support for the Zika response.

Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Making Health Care Safer - Protect patients from antibiotic resistance - Transcript

CDC's latest Vital Signs report urges healthcare workers to use a combination of infection control recommendations to better protect patients from healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antibiotic resistance.

Many of the most urgent and serious antibiotic-resistant bacteria threaten patients while they are being treated in healthcare facilities for other conditions.

America is doing a better job of preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), but more work is needed - especially in fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria.