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Media Advisory

Embargoed until Monday at 1 PM ET
Contact: Media Relations
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CDC director to host telebriefing on landmark report detailing drug resistance threats

What

CDC will host a media telebriefing to discuss a new report that describes the striking toll of antibiotic-resistant germs in the United States. The report provides a first-ever, criteria-based ranking of the organisms by their threat to human health.

Who

Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Michael Bell, M.D., Deputy Director of CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion

When

Monday, September 16, 2013 at noon (ET)
Content embargoed until 1 p.m. ET, September 16, 2013

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

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