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The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

CDC Vital Signs links science, policy, and communications with the intent of communicating a call-to-action for the public. CDC Vital Signs provides the most recent, comprehensive data on key indicators of important health topics.

Information on Zika virus. Provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

CDC adapted the social ecological model of health promotion to represent the Colorectal Cancer Control Program's multi-level approach to colorectal cancer prevention.

Orion Z. McCotter, MPH1; Rachel M. Smith, MD1; Mathew Westercamp, PhD1; Thomas M.

Kathryn Curran, PhD1,2; Katherine E. Heiman, MPH2; Tushar Singh, PhD1,3; Zachary Doobovsky4; Joni Hensley4; Beth Melius, MPH5; Laura Burnworth, MPH2; Ian Williams, PhD2; Megin Nichols, DVM2.

Preparation can help you transition to caregiver.

Epilepsy is a brain disorder characterized by recurrent seizures; an estimated 2.9 million persons in the United States have active epilepsy (1). A seizure is a brief change in normal brain activity that changes awareness, behavior, or body movement.

Learn about the many types of seizures.