Press Releases

Today, the CDC Foundation launches a new campaign, “Live to the Beat,” to help address cardiovascular disease in Black adults in the United States, who die from heart disease at a rate two times higher than their White counterparts and whose risk of death from stroke is even greater. “Live to the Beat” launches during American Heart Month and Black History Month.

Today, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published a Consensus Study Report, Frameworks for Protecting Workers and the Public from Inhalation Hazards, to provide recommendations for the oversight and guidance of respiratory protection in the United States. The CDC Foundation joined this effort with federal partners including the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Department of State to commission this report in response to the evolving need for available and appropriate respiratory protection for workers not already within a workplace respiratory protection program, as well as for the public who could be exposed to inhalation hazards such as viruses, wildfire smoke, and mold as a part of daily life.

Modernizing data systems will lead to better health outcomes for all.

Laura Lane, chief corporate affairs officer at UPS, has been elected to the board of directors of the CDC Foundation.

CDC Foundation is providing grants to 30 arts and cultural organizations to build vaccine confidence throughout the United States.

For the 15th consecutive year, the CDC Foundation has achieved a 4-star rating by Charity Navigator.

Future of Public Health Summit series to launch on Monday, December 6.

CDC Foundation names Nedra Jones as chief financial officer.

Dr. David Satcher receives the 2021 Fries Prize for Improving Health.

In a new program announced today, the CDC Foundation, the American Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and MPHI will engage intermediary organizations, such as local health providers, the faith community and others, to support governmental state health agencies (SHAs). The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded program, titled STRETCH—Strategies to Repair Equity and Transform Community Health—will place significant attention on fostering and strengthening relationships between SHAs, intermediary organizations and the communities they serve to strategically target federal investments to achieve health equity in partnership with community.