Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United States government public health agency
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| 2025 | Planned HHS reorganization includes reorienting CDC towards infectious disease programs, with plans to absorb the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response. |
| 2025 | ATSDR is planned to be integrated into the new Administration for a Healthy America as part of the HHS reorganization. |
| March 13 2025 | Trump administration withdrew CDC director nominee Dave Weldon minutes before his scheduled Senate confirmation hearing. |
| February 14 2025 | Approximately 1,300 CDC employees laid off, including all first-year Epidemic Intelligence Service officers and 16 of 24 Laboratory Leadership Service program fellows. |
| February 11 2025 | A judge ordered the temporary restoration of removed pages pending lawsuit consideration, with medical professionals arguing the materials were crucial for clinical decision-making. |
| February 4 2025 | Doctors for America filed a federal lawsuit against the CDC, FDA, and Department of Health and Human Services, demanding the restoration of removed websites. |
| February 1 2025 | CDC ordered scientists to retract unpublished research containing specific banned terms related to gender, sexuality, and identity, effectively censoring scientific communication on these topics. |
| January 31 2025 | Several CDC websites and datasets related to HIV, STI prevention, and LGBTQ+ health became unavailable following executive order. |
| January 23 2025 | Susan Monarez assumed the role of acting director of the CDC. |
| January 20 2025 | A new provision in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 requires Senate confirmation for the CDC director position, changing the previous appointment process. |
| January 2025 | Publication of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) halted for the first time since 1960 due to federal agency communication pause. |
| January 2025 | CDC official ordered staff to stop working with the World Health Organization. |
| 2024 | CDC received a fiscal budget of $11.581 billion for the year, supporting its public health mission and operations. |
| July 10 2023 | Mandy Cohen became the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which also oversees ATSDR. |
| February 2023 | The CDC underwent a major reorganization, restructuring its centers, institutes, and offices (CIOs) to improve organizational efficiency and health threat response capabilities. |
| 2022 | CDC Foundation reported raising over $1.6 billion and launching more than 1,200 health programs since its inception. |
| August 17 2022 | CDC Director Rochelle Walensky announced major organizational changes in response to pandemic performance shortcomings. |
| June 10 2022 | Biden Administration ordered CDC to remove COVID-19 testing requirement for air travelers entering the United States. |
| December 2021 | CDC shortened recommended COVID-19 isolation period from 10 to 5 days for asymptomatic individuals, following a request from Delta Air Lines CEO. |
| May 2021 | CDC updated its COVID-19 guidance to acknowledge airborne transmission of COVID-19, following criticism by scientists. |
| January 20 2021 | Rochelle Walensky becomes CDC director. |
| 2020 | FETP celebrated the 40th anniversary of the CDC's support for Thailand's Field Epidemiology Training Program, which was the first FETP site created outside of North America. |
| December 2020 | Demetre Daskalakis was named director of the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention. |
| September 18 2020 | CDC reversed its controversial COVID-19 testing guidelines after public controversy. |
| August 16 2020 | CDC Chief of Staff Kyle McGowan and his deputy Amanda Campbell resigned from the agency. |
| July 15 2020 | CDC temporarily removed COVID-19 dashboards from its website, restoring the data a day later. |
| February 28 2020 | Federal officials revised the faulty CDC COVID-19 test, effectively restarting widespread testing in the United States. |
| January 20 2020 | First confirmed case of COVID-19 discovered in the United States. |
| November 2019 | EmPOWERED Health Program launched with funding from Amgen, focused on empowering cancer patients in treatment decision-making. |
| March 26 2018 | Robert R. Redfield becomes CDC director. |
| January 1 2018 | City of Atlanta annexed the CDC headquarters property, the largest annexation in 65 years. |
| July 7 2017 | Brenda Fitzgerald becomes CDC director. |
| 2015 | BMJ associate editor Jeanne Lenzer raised concerns about potential influence of pharmaceutical company donations on CDC recommendations. |
| 2015 | ATSDR released a report on West Lake Landfill declaring no health risk, contradicting local residents' and Missouri attorney general's scientific investigations. |
| 2014 | CDC revealed misplaced smallpox samples and potential anthrax infection of lab workers. |
| January 2011 | ATSDR planned to release the final action agenda for the National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures. |
| October 20 2010 | ATSDR began registering people for the ALS Registry, marking the official start of data collection for tracking ALS prevalence and potential disease-associated factors. |
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