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October 29 is World Stroke Day. This year, the World Stroke Organization is introducing a new slogan for this important health observance: “Because I care…” This theme reminds us that caring about ourselves, our families, and our friends is the key to preventing strokes and to helping those who experience a stroke.

It’s been over one year since the incredible Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Ice Bucket Challenge. Not since Lou Gehrig made his famous “Luckiest Man on Earth” speech in 1939 has so much public attention been focused on ALS. The Ice Bucket Challenge returned this past August and will every year thereafter until a cure is found.

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Know Hepatitis B is a multi-lingual campaign promoting testing for Hepatitis B for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Hepatitis B affects 1 in 12 Asian Americans, but most don’t know they have it.

Antibiotics are powerful tools for fighting illness and disease, but overuse of antibiotics has helped create bacteria that are outsmarting the drugs used to treat them.

1 in 13 women reports drinking alcohol during pregnancy, which can cause fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). In honor of FASD Awareness Day on September 9th, learn about ways to reduce risky drinking.

Protection against hepatitis B must start at birth. Learn how CDC’s applied research gets more babies covered. >>.

September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day

Teach your child to manage diabetes during the school day.

Watch CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds, “Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for Prevention of HIV Infection,” which will be held on May 20, at 1 p.m. (EST) at www.cdc.gov/about/grand-rounds.

Secondhand Smoke Fact Sheets.

Health Effects Fact Sheets.