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www.cdc.gov: week 2026-W24

This is the 2026-W24 ISO-week report (833 pages fetched, 812 unique pages audited by axe/Alfa). Generated 2026-07-06. First recorded week; no comparison yet. The dashboard headline uses a rolling last-7-days window; this page is the full ISO week. Machine-readable API: snapshot.json · findings.json.

Primary standards queue: 0 required finding type(s) (handling: report). Verification queue: 26 required finding type(s) (handling: review). Aspirational queue: 0 finding type(s). Advisory queue: 0 finding type(s). Unmapped review queue: 12 finding type(s).

Change this week

New this week
60
Fixed this week
0
Regressed this week
0

Fix these first

Highest-leverage issues, ranked by pages affected × severity × people reached. Fixing a shared component often clears many pages at once. Issue links go to the full bug detail on the Accessibility page.

Top 8 issues to prioritize this week.
IssueSeverityPagesWho it affectsHow to fixEvidence
All page content should be contained by landmarks (WCAG criterion undetermined) (rule↗) Serious 812 — Wrap all page content in landmarks (header, nav, main, footer) so users can navigate by region. pages (CSV)
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) c (WCAG criterion undetermined) (rule↗) Moderate 360 — When a landmark role/type repeats (e.g. two <nav>s), give each a distinct accessible name with aria-label or aria-labelledby (e.g. "Primary" and "Footer" navigation) so screen-reader users can tell them apart. pages (CSV)
Target size is at least 44×44 CSS pixels (Enhanced) (WCAG 2.5.5) (rule↗) Moderate 301 — See remediation guidance: https://alfa.siteimprove.com/rules/sia-r111 pages (CSV)
Text has enhanced contrast (WCAG 1.4.6) (rule↗) Moderate 281 — Increase text contrast to meet WCAG AAA (7:1). pages (CSV)
Scrolling content can be accessed by keyboard (WCAG criterion undetermined) (rule↗) Moderate 270 — See remediation guidance: https://alfa.siteimprove.com/rules/sia-r57 pages (CSV)
aria attribute is permitted for element role (WCAG criterion undetermined) (rule↗) Moderate 226 — Only use ARIA states/properties that are allowed on this element/role. pages (CSV)
Images must have alternative text (WCAG 1.1.1) (rule↗) Critical 95 Without vision, Limited vision Give every <img> a meaningful alt attribute. Use alt="" only for decorative images so screen readers skip them. pages (CSV)
Text has sufficient color contrast (Enhanced) (WCAG 1.4.3) (rule↗) Moderate 151 Limited vision, Without color perception Increase text contrast to meet WCAG AA (4.5:1, or 3:1 for large text). pages (CSV)

Progress

This week at a glance 60 issue type(s)

Median axe violations / page
5
Pages with axe violations
812 of 812
Median Alfa failures / page
99
Pages with Alfa failures
301 of 301
Unique pages audited
812
Lighthouse performance (median)
82/100 99 sampled details
Lighthouse SEO (median)
100/100
Lighthouse best practices (median)
100/100
Words per page (median)
624 main content, nav excluded
Reading ease (median)
43.1 299 prose pages
Reading grade (median)
12.3
Misspellings
25+ distinct details
Broken links
104 details
Median page weight
5.3 MB
Median requests per page
44
Estimated energy per page (mean)
1.0141 Wh
Scan coverage this week (833 pages)
Pages each engine ran on, per the configured weekly sampling rates.
EnginePagesCoverage
axe81297%
sustainability81297%
deprecated-html74389%
resources45154%
plain-language34541%
alfa30136%
lighthouse9912%

History & Trends → Severity, Lighthouse and other measures across 17 weeks.

Embedded & linked resources

Non-HTML resources this site links to or embeds — PDFs, Office documents, iframes, and media. The site owner is responsible for their accessibility too. Full inventory with first-seen dates: CSV.

New this week (732)

732 distinct resources, by type.
TypeCount
PDF documents522
Audio files80
Images35
Embedded media players32
Spreadsheets20
Video files17
Word/text documents15
Iframes8
Presentations3