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NCEZID Labs, Programs Mark 2019 Milestones

Color illustration of a variety of microscopic germs and viruses

The National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) faced challenges in 2019, but the year also marked a number of milestones for the center. NCEZID’s annual Accomplishments report recaps those achievements and lays out some of the future challenges. Milestones in Laboratory Science CDC’s high-containment laboratories (HCL), which study some of the world’s Read More >

March 16, 2020 by Rima F. Khabbaz, MD; Director, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious DiseasesLeave a comment

Disease Investigation, Disease Outbreak, General, response, Vectorborne

drug-resistant infections, ebola, Environmental Health, Foodborne, foodborne illness, high-containment laboratories, Laboratory Response Network, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, NCEZID, personal health, PulseNet, quarantine, rabies, salmonella, vaping, Waterborne, waterborne illness

Prep Your Health by Reviewing Important Paperwork

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The importance of proofreading everything you write before you turn it in is a lesson many people learn in elementary school. For much of our early lives, the lesson applies almost exclusively to things like book reports and term papers. The need to check personal paperwork for errors and omissions becomes even more important in Read More >

March 6, 2020 by Blog AdministratorLeave a comment

General, natural disasters, preparedness, response

#prepyourhealth, Asthma Action Plan, back to school, Cancer Survivorship Care Plan, Emergency Action Plan, emergency backpack card, medical records, National Proofreading Day, paperwork, personal health, prescription medications, Ready Wrigley

National Battery Day: Plan Ahead with Emergency Power Sources

In observance of National Battery Day on February 18, take a minute to think about how integrated electricity and power sources, like batteries, are to our everyday lives. Electricity is so integral to our routines, that we sometimes take it for granted. So many facets of our lives require electricity. Look around you. From cell Read More >

February 11, 2020 by Blog AdministratorLeave a comment

natural disasters, preparedness

Be Prepared, emergency preparedness, natural disasters, personal health, power, power outage, power sources, public health, Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program

Five Things You Need to Know About Flu Season

Sick boy with thermometer laying in bed and mother hand taking temperature. Mother checking temperature of her sick son who has thermometer in his mouth. Sick child with fever and illness while resting in bed.

“It’s the least-fun, viral time of the year…” The indicators that CDC uses to track U.S. flu activity have been high this season (2019-2020). That’s the bad news. The good news is that the indicators that track severity–hospitalizations and deaths–are not high at this point (January 2020) in the season. Lots of people are catching Read More >

January 22, 2020 by Blog Administrator2 Comments

Flu, General, preparedness, prevention

#prepyourhealth, flu season, illness, influenza, personal health, public health, seasonal flu, surveillance, vaccine

When the Weather Outside is Frightful

It is understandable if in all the hubbub of the holidays you didn’t notice the season changed. The official start of winter was December 21. But for people living in many parts of the country it’s felt like winter since before Thanksgiving. Bundle up because winter is here to stay—at least until March, regardless of Read More >

January 8, 2020 by Blog Administrator2 Comments

General, natural disasters, preparedness, response

emergency preparedness, Environmental Health, health, hypothermia, personal health, personal needs, Prepare Your Health, weather, winter

Even More Practical Skills for the Holiday Host(ess) with the Mostest

Close up of a roasted turkey being brought to the dinner table on a serving tray.

This is an updated version of a post first published on December 17, 2018. Around this time last year, we published a post titled 5 Practical Skills for the Holiday ‘Host(ess) with the Mostest.’ And just like last year’s fruit cake, we’re baaaack with more do-it-yourself skills to help you prepare your health for the Read More >

December 16, 2019 by Blog Administrator6 Comments

Flu, General, Injury, preparedness, prevention

carbon monoxide, fire extinguisher, first aid, food safety, Foodborne, generator safety, handwashing, Heimlich maneuver, holidays, personal health, practical skills, public health, salmonella

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