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Pertussis vaccine info for parents, public, and healthcare professionals

You can lower your children's risk of getting cancer later in life by helping them adopt a healthy lifestyle and following these tips to help prevent specific kinds of cancer.

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recently posted new information on its website, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control: Interventions Engaging Community Health Workers. The information is available at http://www.thecommunityguide.

Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal established by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. PCD provides an open exchange of information and knowledge among researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and others who strive to improve the health of the public through chronic disease prevention.

Jing Fang, MD1; Mary G. George, MD1; Yuling Hong, MD, PhD1; Fleetwood Loustalot, PhD1 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Ruth Koepke, MPH1,2; Danielle Kahn, MSPH1; Ashley B. Petit, MPH1; Stephanie L. Schauer, PhD1; Daniel J.

Extremely hot weather can make you sick. Stay cool and hydrated to protect yourself. The Tracking Network provides data and tools that you can use to see how extreme heat may affect your health.

Climate Change and Health – From Science to Practice

Read one family’s story of living with fragile x syndrome and find out what CDC is doing about this condition.

El 26 de julio se conmemora el 25.o aniversario de la histórica Ley sobre Estadounidenses con Discapacidades (ADA, por sus siglas en inglés), una ley de derechos civiles que promueve la inclusión de personas con discapacidades en el trabajo, las escuelas y otros entornos de la comunidad. Infórmese sobre lo que los CDC están haciendo para incluir a personas con discapacidades en las investigaciones de salud pública y en las actividades de promoción de la salud.

Prathit A. Kulkarni, MD1; Mary Anne Duncan, DVM2; Michelle T. Watters, MD, PhD3; Leah T.

Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal established by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. PCD provides an open exchange of information and knowledge among researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and others who strive to improve the health of the public through chronic disease prevention.