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CDC has developed Ebola prevention and control recommendations for healthcare workers, laboratory workers, air medical transport, mortuary and funeral workers, and first responders such as firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and police officers. CDC has also developed guidance for airline workers and humanitarian workers.

Watch this Before and After Tour of Ebola Isolation Ward safety improvements to compound in Lagos, Nigeria. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html

As America's health protection agency, CDC is on call 24/7 and able to rapidly deploy disease detectives, lifesaving vaccines and medicines, and other support during a health emergency.

CDC public health news, press releases, government public health news, medical and disease news, story ideas, photos.

Muchos adultos están en riesgo de contraer la enfermedad neumocócica. Existen dos vacunas que proporcionan protección contra esta enfermedad grave que a veces es mortal. Hable con su profesional de salud para asegurarse de estar al día con estas, y otras vacunas recomendadas.

On October 7, 2014, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr).

National Latino AIDS Awareness Day is observed each year on October 15 to focus on the continuing and disproportionate effects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) on the Hispanic or Latino population in the United States. Two of the three goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy are to reduce HIV incidence and to reduce HIV-related disparities (1).

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.

Image showing laboratories per state participating in CaliciNet and Support Centers.

CaliciNet is a national norovirus outbreak surveillance network of federal, state, and local public health laboratories in the United States.

Answers to questions about NoroSTAT including why it's important, types of data collected.

Norovirus multimedia products including web features and podcasts