CDC director to host media briefing on recent resurgence of measles in the United States

December 5, 2013 @ 1:00 am

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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.

  • Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Peter Strebel, M.B.Ch.B., M.P.H., Accelerated Disease Coordinator, Immunizations, Vaccines and Biologicals Department, WHO

  • Alan Hinman, M.D., M.P.H., Director for Programs, Center for Vaccine Equity, Task Force for Global Health

  • 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 

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  • Date: December 5, 2013
  • Time:
    1:00 am EST
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