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Heading to the American Tropics for Spring Break? Don’t let mosquitoes and the diseases they carry ruin your vacation.

Traveling for spring break? Don’t forget to pack, protect yourself from the sun!

CDC is releasing the first national estimates of doctor visits and healthcare costs associated with keratitis

Kari Yacisin, MD1,2, Sharon Balter, MD2, Annie Fine, MD2, Don Weiss, MD2, Joel Ackelsberg, MD2, David Prezant, MD3, Ross Wilson, MD4, David Starr, MIA2, Jennifer Rakeman, PhD2, Marisa Raphael, MPH2, Celia Quinn, MD2,5, Amita Toprani, MD2, Nancy Clark, MA2, Nathan Link, MD6, Demetre Daskalakis, MD2, Aletha Maybank, MD2, Marcelle Layton, MD2, Jay K. Varma, MD2 (Author affiliations at end of text).

April is STD Awareness Month, an annual observance that focuses on ways to prevent some of the nearly 20 million new cases of STDs occurring in the United States each year (1). CDC's STD prevention program emphasizes the most effective tools to protect one's health and prevent the spread of all STDs, including HIV: 1) learn the facts about STDs; 2) make lifestyle changes that reduce risk; 3) get regular STD testing, as needed, and 4) seek prompt treatment.

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Part 2 of the Endoscopist Version CME focuses on colonoscopy and includes pre-procedure considerations for ensuring that colonoscopy is appropriate, ways to achieve good bowel preparation, the elements required for complete reporting, effective communication with referring providers and patients, and monitoring quality indicators to improve performance. It is the second of two parts of a continuing education activity that provides guidance and tools for clinicians on the optimal ways to implement screening for colorectal cancer to help ensure that patients receive maximum benefit. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/videos/colorectal/quality/Endoscopist2/CRC_Screening_Optimizing_Quality_Endoscopist2_256k.mp4

Part 1 of the Primary Care Version CME includes basic information about colorectal cancer and screening, factors that affect when and how patients should be screened, and detailed screening and surveillance guidelines based on personal and family history. It is the first of three parts of a continuing education activity that provides guidance and tools for clinicians on the optimal ways to implement screening for colorectal cancer to help ensure that patients receive maximum benefit. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/videos/colorectal/quality/Primary_Care1/CRC_Screening_Optimizing_Quality_Primary_Care1_256k.mp4

Part 1 of the Endoscopist Version CME includes basic information about colorectal cancer and screening, factors that affect when and how patients should be screened, and detailed screening and surveillance guidelines based on personal and family history. It is the first of two parts of a continuing education activity that provides guidance and tools for clinicians on the optimal ways to implement screening for colorectal cancer to help ensure that patients receive maximum benefit. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/videos/colorectal/quality/Endoscopist1/CRC_Screening_Optimizing_Quality_Endoscopist1_256k.mp4

DHDSP Interactive Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke