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CDC director to host telebriefing on landmark report detailing drug resistance threats - Media Advisory

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

Dial-In

Media: 888-795-0855 Non-Media: 800-369-1917 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.

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