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Welcome to Volume 9 of Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy (PCD).

Interim Guidance for Influenza Outbreak Management in Long-Term Care Facilities - CDC

Basic information about Yellow fever.

Who should be vaccinated for Yellow fever?

CDC Vital Signs: ACIP recommends all 11-12 year-old males get vaccinated against HPV

MMWR News Summary: October 27, 2011

Information on Lyme disease. Provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Information on Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI). Provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Asthma - Learn How to Control Asthma

CDC Works For You 24/7 Saving Lives - Epi-X: Building a Network to Save Lives; The Epi-X network includes epidemiologists, laboratorians, veterinarians, health officers, environmental health specialists, statisticians, pharmacologists, and other key health officials from local, state, and federal agencies. Epi-X works continuously with these partners, providing the guidance and support needed to handle a variety of health threats.

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CDC Fast Facts; At the center of the nation's public health system, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) protects communities by controlling disease outbreaks; ensuring food and water are safe; preventing leading causes of death such as heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes; and working globally to reduce health threats.

FASDs are 100% preventable if a woman does not drink alcohol during pregnancy. There is no known safe amount of alcohol to drink while pregnant. There is also no safe time during pregnancy to drink and no safe kind of alcohol.

FASDs are 100% preventable if a woman does not drink alcohol during pregnancy. There is no known safe amount of alcohol to drink while pregnant. There is also no safe time during pregnancy to drink and no safe kind of alcohol.