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Tonya R. Williams, PhD1, Suhana Alam, MPH1, Marcus Gaffney, MPH1 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Learn from Joyce Turner, MS, CGC, is a genetic counselor with more than 15 years of experience.

Every year since 1995, the American Public Health Association has led the observation of National Public Health Week in the United States during the first full week of April. The goal of National Public Health Week is to acknowledge contributions made by public health and to raise awareness of issues important to improving the nation's health. This year's observance (April 6–12) focuses on making the United States the Healthiest Nation in One Generation by 2030.

The story of Lisa, a 40-year-old woman with a family history of breast cancer.

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CDC public health news, press releases, government public health news, medical and disease news, story ideas, photos.

Dawn Heisey-Grove, MPH1, Hilary K. Wall, MPH2, Amy Helwig, MD3, Janet S. Wright, MD2 (Author affiliations at end of text).

May is Arthritis Awareness Month. Arthritis affects an estimated 52.5 million U.

Education and information about hand washing and nail hygiene, along with its relation to hygiene and healthy water, including drinking water, swimming / recreational water, recreational water illnesses, diseases related to water, global water, safe water for sanitation and hygiene, other uses of water, and how to make water safe to drink in emergencies for outbreaks, preparedness, and response.

Kenneth Dominguez1, Ana Penman-Aguilar2, Man-Huei Chang1, Ramal Moonesinghe2, Ted Castellanos3, Alfonso Rodriguez-Lainz4, Richard Schieber5 (Author affiliations at end of text).