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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

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

After the Storm: 3 Types of Post-Disaster Poisonings to Know, Prepare For

A portable generator placed outside and in a dry area on the ground.

National Poison Prevention Week (March 17-23) was started in 1962 to encourage Americans to “learn of the dangers of accidental poisoning and to take such preventive measures as are warranted by the seriousness of the danger.” Fifty-seven years later, those threats—and probably some new ones—to personal and public health persist. They can also be prepared Read More >

March 18, 2019 by Blog Administrator1 Comment

General, natural disasters, preparedness, prevention, response

carbon monoxide, e. coli, Emergency Action Plan, Environmental Health, flood, food poisoning, Foodborne, Hurricane, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, National Poison Prevention Week, personal health, Poison Control Center, prescription medication, salmonella, Up and Away

Responding to Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease Threats in 2017

Montage of photos. From left: a photo of different raw foods, including salmon, fruits and vegetables. A photo of a boy taking an oral vaccine. A photo of bacteria growing in petri dish.

The fungal superbug Candida auris causes serious and often fatal infections. It can strike people in the places where they seek care—hospitals and other healthcare facilities. In early 2016, we knew about outbreaks of C. auris infections on multiple continents, but we were not sure whether C. auris was in the United States. Fast forward Read More >

April 9, 2018 by Rima F. Khabbaz, MD, Director, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases3 Comments

Disease Investigation, Disease Outbreak, Vectorborne

advanced molecular detection, anthrax, antibiotic resistance, candida auris, disease detectives, e. coli, Foodborne, Guillain-Barré syndrome, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, public health, salmonella, Seoul virus, yellow fever, Zika

How We Decide What to Say in Emergencies

A few years ago, there was an outbreak of Salmonella infections among people who ate peanut butter and products containing peanut paste, like crackers and cookies. People were scared. They needed to know which products were affected. Were they in their grocery store, or worse, already in their kitchen? They also needed facts about Salmonella Read More >

October 25, 2016 by Christine Prue, MSPH, Ph.D., Associate Director for Behavioral Science, National Center for Emerging & Zoonotic Infectious Diseases6 Comments

preparedness, response

communication, Foodborne, health literacy month, public health, salmonella

Tiny Turtle–Serious Health Threat

By Abigail Ferrell, JD, MPA As children, my brother and I talked our very patient mother into letting us have a wide variety of creatures as domestic pets. Nothing too exotic—mostly cats, dogs, and vermin (read: hamsters)—but my brother was also famous for catching wild creatures. We lived near a pond and my brother’s summers Read More >

June 10, 2015 by Blog Administrator5 Comments

Disease Outbreak, General

public health, Public Health Law, salmonella, turtle

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