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CDC Grants and Cooperative Agreement Funding Data
Approximately 70% of CDC’s funds go to support state and local communities to save lives and protect people. These 2010 funding profiles include grants made to groups within states and territories (e.g., health departments, national public health organizations, universities). Also included is the dollar value of vaccines provided through the Vaccines for Children Program.
Outbreaks
- Peanut Butter – Salmonella Bredeney
First announced September 2012 - Ricotta Salata Cheese – Listeriosis
First announced September 2012 - Hedgehogs - Human Salmonella Typhimurium Infections
First announced September 2012 - Mangoes - Salmonella Braenderup
First announced August 2012 - Yosemite National Park – Hantavirus
First announced August 2012 - Cantaloupes – Salmonella Typhimurium Infections
First announced August 2012 - 2012 West Nile Virus
- Pertussis (Whooping Cough) in Washington
First announced April 2012 - Live Poultry – Human Salmonella Infections
First announced June 2012 - Small Turtles – Human Salmonella Infections
First announced March 2012
CDC Fact of the Week
CDC supports the health of responders and others affected by the 9/11 attacks.
CDC administers the government’s program to provide health monitoring and treatment for responders and others harmed by the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, stimulates new research on health effects associated with the attacks, and anticipates the long-term health needs of those we serve. For more information on the program go to: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/wtc/.
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