The CDC will host a live media briefing at 12:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Dec. 5, to discuss the renewed spike of measles in the U.S. and its continued threat to health security.
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Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Peter Strebel, M.B.Ch.B., M.P.H., Accelerated Disease Coordinator, Immunizations, Vaccines and Biologicals Department, WHO
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Alan Hinman, M.D., M.P.H., Director for Programs, Center for Vaccine Equity, Task Force for Global Health
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Samuel Katz, M.D., Wilburt Cornell Davison Professor and Chair Emeritus of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical School
The briefing will be at the CDC:
1600 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
Tom Harkin Global Communications Center (Building 19), Press Room
Click here for directions.
RSVP: Reporters who wish to attend the media briefing must send RSVP to Laura Bellinger, public affairs specialist, CDC’s Division of Public Affairs, at lbellinger@cdc.gov or contact CDC’s main press office at 404-639-3286 by noon on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Reporters who RSVP will be guaranteed access.
For U.S. reporters outside of Atlanta, please call 1-888-795-0855. If based internationally dial 1-630-395-0353. Passcode: CDC media.
A transcript of this media briefing will be available following the briefing at the CDC’s website.
Contact: CDC Media Relations; 404-639-3286