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Denise Paone, EdD1, Ellenie Tuazon, MPH1, Jessica Kattan, MD1, Michelle L. Nolan, MPH1, Daniella Bradley O'Brien1, Deborah Dowell, MD2, Thomas A. Farley, MD3, Hillary V.

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May 18–24, 2015, marks the 11th annual Healthy and Safe Swimming Week (formerly known as Recreational Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week). This observance highlights ways in which swimmers, parents, pool owners and operators, beach managers, and public health can maximize the health benefits of water-based physical activity, while minimizing the risk for recreational water–associated illness and injury. More information is available at http://www.

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Anthrax could be used as a weapon of bioterrorism. Even though an anthrax attack is unlikely, you should know what to do just in case. If you were exposed to anthrax, you need to take antibiotics immediately—they could save your life. This video shows how anthrax germs make you sick and how antibiotics get rid of the anthrax. You need to take antibiotics before you feel sick and keep taking them for 60 days. In some situations, you may be offered a vaccine for added protection. 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

Animated video highlighting the key points and graphics of the CDC report Antibiotic Threats in the United States, 2013. 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/media/dpk/2013/images/untreatable/animation/LEE_AR%20Animation_02.mp4

Infections are costly. Patients' lives, your accreditation status, your certification, and your licenses are all at stake. The One & Only Campaign, a public health effort to eliminate unsafe medical injections, created this short video to help you make healthcare safer, one injection at a time. Order FREE Materials from CDC http://ow.ly/ym93W Go to the OneandOnlyCampaign.org for more information

Progress has been made in the year since CDC first responded to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, but CDC’s and the world’s efforts must continue until there are zero new cases. 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/media/video/dpk/2015/dpk-getting-to-zero/GettingToZero-Long%20embedded.wmv

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