Press Releases

For the 17th consecutive year, the CDC Foundation has achieved a 4-star rating by Charity Navigator.

Bob Litterman named to the CDC Foundation’s Board of Directors.

The “Pregnant & Protected” campaign informs people planning to get pregnant, currently pregnant or breastfeeding on the importance of staying up to date with their COVID-19 vaccination.

CDC Foundation supports 42 Community-Based Organizations to increase uptake of mpox vaccine.

STRETCH 2.0 is requesting applications from eligible community-based organizations (CBOs) and state public health agencies partnering to work through cross-sector collaboration to complete capacity-building activities to achieve their common goals of advancing opportunities for all community members to live their healthiest lives.

CDC Foundation names three new board of directors.

Winston Wong, MD, MS, scholar-in-residence at the UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity, has been elected to the board of directors of the CDC Foundation.

Camara Phyllis Jones receives the 2023 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award.

Organizations will focus on youth-led and youth-centered education and outreach to help communities respond to climate-related health challenges.

On February 27 and 28, 2023, the CDC Foundation will convene a joint event with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) with the objective to accelerate public health data modernization through public private partnerships.