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Resources to help cancer patients avoid health care-associated infections while they are receiving chemotherapy.

If you get a fever during your chemotherapy treatment, it's a medical emergency.

Clean hands help prevent infections.

Tools to help outpatient oncology facilities standardize and improve infection prevention practices.

Evidence-based community strategies that work to reduce excessive alcohol use.

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

Learn how scientists at ATSDR work around the clock to keep you safe.

Has your mother or sister had breast cancer? Does your mother, father, sister, or brother have diabetes? Did your mother, father, brother, or sister have colorectal (colon) cancer before age 50? If you answered “yes,” you are more likely to get the same disease as your parent or sibling and should consider earlier screening. Talk to your doctor about when to start screening and what other steps to take to prevent the disease or find it early. Finding disease early can often mean better health in the long run.

If you're pregnant, a flu shot is your best protection against serious flu illness. A flu shot can protect pregnant women, their unborn babies, and even the baby after birth.