Washington, DC - CDC is seeking public comment on updating federal guidelines used by public health agencies to assess and respond to potential cancer clusters in communities. The request for comment was posted today in the Federal Register and will be available for public comment through July 15, 2019.

Washington, DC - CDC has posted a food safety alert about a multistate outbreak of gastrointestinal illnesses linked to raw oysters imported from Mexico at:

Washington, DC - Twelve Nominations Sent to the Senate:

Washington, DC - Today, President Donald J. Trump signed the Executive Order “Economic Empowerment of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders” in Celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

Washington, DC - When President Trump was elected, the opioid crisis was devastating communities across our country. In the year before he took office – between December 2015 and December 2016 – monthly opioid overdose deaths increased by 48 percent. For the first time in at least 17 years, however, the official data for 2017 and the provisional data for 2018 show a different trend. While deaths remain at epidemic levels, the unrelenting rise in opioid deaths has stopped and may be beginning to reverse under the Trump Administration.

Washington, DC - Imagine if Republicans and Democrats worked together to pass reforms that improve the lives of millions of people.