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Media Advisory

For Immediate Release: September 12, 2013
Contact: Media Relations
(404) 639-3286

CDC officials to share new data on immunization coverage among nation’s infants and recent measles outbreaks

What

CDC will host a telebriefing to discuss results from the National Immunization Survey, measles cases and outbreaks, and the 20th Anniversary of the passage of the legislation that created the Vaccines for Children program.

Who

Anne Schuchat, M.D., director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (RADM USPHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

When

Thursday, September 12, 2013, noon (EST).

Dial-In

Media: 888-795-0855
Non-Media: 800-857-5061
INTERNATIONAL: 1-630-395-0353
PASSCODE: CDC Media

* Please dial in 10 to 15 minutes before the start of the press conference.

Important Instructions
If you would like to ask a question during the call, press *1 on your touchtone phone. Press *2 to withdraw your question. You may queue up at any time. You will hear a tone to indicate your question is pending.

TRANSCRIPT
A transcript of this media availability will be available following the briefing at the CDC web site at www.cdc.gov/media.

Please note: The new MMWR embargo is Thursday 1:00 p.m.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES