Media Advisory
For Immediate Release
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Contact: CDC Division of News & Electronic Media
(404) 639-3286
FDA Public Affairs
(301) 796-4540
Massachusetts Department of Public Health Communications
(617) 624-5006
CDC, FDA, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Joint Telebriefing Updating Investigation of Meningitis Outbreak
WHAT: CDC, FDA, and Massachusetts Department of Public Health will host a telephone-only media availability to provide updates about the multistate investigation of meningitis among patients who have received an epidural steroid injection (medication injected into the spine) and joint injections.
WHO: J. Todd Weber, MD, Incident Manager of the Multistate Meningitis Outbreak and Chief of Prevention and Response Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC
Deborah M. Autor, JD, Deputy Commissioner for Global Regulatory Operations and Policy, FDA
Madeleine Biondolillo, MD, Director, Department of Public Health?s Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
WHEN: Thursday, October 11 at 3 p.m. ET
DIAL-IN:
Media: 888-795-0855
Non-Media: 888-942-8512
INTERNATIONAL: 415-228-3900
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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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
For Immediate Release
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Contact: CDC Division of News & Electronic Media
(404) 639-3286
FDA Public Affairs
(301) 796-4540
Massachusetts Department of Public Health Communications
(617) 624-5006
CDC, FDA, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Joint Telebriefing Updating Investigation of Meningitis Outbreak
WHAT: CDC, FDA, and Massachusetts Department of Public Health will host a telephone-only media availability to provide updates about the multistate investigation of meningitis among patients who have received an epidural steroid injection (medication injected into the spine) and joint injections.
WHO: J. Todd Weber, MD, Incident Manager of the Multistate Meningitis Outbreak and Chief of Prevention and Response Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC
Deborah M. Autor, JD, Deputy Commissioner for Global Regulatory Operations and Policy, FDA
Madeleine Biondolillo, MD, Director, Department of Public Health?s Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
WHEN: Thursday, October 11 at 3 p.m. ET
DIAL-IN:
Media: 888-795-0855
Non-Media: 888-942-8512
INTERNATIONAL: 415-228-3900
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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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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