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Leah Devlin Named Chair of the CDC Foundation’s Board of Directors

Jenny Parker named vice president of CDC Foundations' new infectious disease department.

Vanessa Benavides of Kaiser Permanente Joins CDC Foundation Board of Directors

Who are the advocates behind the response to the Flint water crisis? How has West Africa recovered from the Ebola crisis and prepared itself for future health threats? How is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) working with partners to eliminate HIV?

How does your zip code affect your health? How close are we to eradicating polio? How can policy changes at the state level make communities healthier? These are some of the topics discussed in Season 2 of the CDC Foundation’s podcast, Contagious Conversations.

Philanthropist Elaine Chambers joins CDC Foundation board of directors.

Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, a distinguished scholar in the fields of public health nutrition and health disparities research was awarded the 2019 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award.

Are you curious about the people who are tackling some of the world’s toughest health challenges and what set them on that path? The CDC Foundation today launched Contagious Conversations, a new podcast that features interviews with individuals who are playing a key role in making the world safer and healthier for us all.

For the 12th consecutive year, the CDC Foundation has achieved a 4-star rating by Charity Navigator.

The Lancet Public Health published an article examining the initial results of the Zika Contraception Access Network (Z-CAN), one of the strategies established to prevent Zika-related birth defects in Puerto Rico.