Centers For Disease Control and Prevention Timeline - 2000s

2000s

  • 2000 - CDC identified an outbreak of HIV-related tuberculosis among young transgender people in New York and Boston.
  • 2001 - CDC learned of the first of the 2001 anthrax attacks.
  • 2002 - CDC reported that U.S. newborn HIV infections were down 80 percent since 1981.
  • 2003 - Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was first reported in Asia. CDC provided guidance for surveillance, clinical and laboratory evaluation, and reporting.
  • 2004 - CDC provided support for laws restricting access to over-the-counter medications used in methamphetamine production in Georgia.
  • 2005 - Rubella was eliminated in the United States.
  • 2006 - CDC celebrates its 60th anniversary.

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