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Give the Gift of Preparedness
As the holiday season quickly approaches and holiday shopping begins, find a gift that truly show those you love how much you care—the gift of preparedness. While an emergency kit may not be on any of...
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Fight the Flu: Get a Vax!
As cold weather sets in, clothing layers increase, scarves are pulled tighter, and noses become redder. This time of year can also bring the dreaded running nose, scratchy throat,...
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Ebola Response: Year in Review
Throughout the month of December, Public Health Matters is conducting a series of year-in-review posts of some of the most impactful disease outbreaks of 2015. These posts will give you a glimpse of...
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Prepared Penguins: Tips for a Safe and Healthy Winter
By: Kathryn Landis Don’t get caught winging it! Follow these tips for a safe and healthy winter. As the temperatures get colder, make sure you know how to stay warm. Wear warm winter clothes and...
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Global Health Security Agenda
The Plan for 2016: CDC and the President’s Global Health Security Agenda 2015 was a powerful reminder that a health threat anywhere is a health threat everywhere. In 2016, CDC and partners are...
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Preparedness Love for Valentine’s Day
Whether it’s your sweetheart, your children, or your favorite furry friend, Valentine’s Day is a great time to show that someone special that you care! This Valentine’s Day, remind your loved ones to...
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From the Field: CDC’s Field Assignment Program
When faced with unexpected outbreaks and emergencies like zoonotic plague, Ebola, or contaminated cilantro that causes cyclosporiasis, Career Epidemiology Field Officers (CEFOs) are the experts in the...
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Spring Adventures: 6 Apps for Healthier Travels
It’s that time of the year again! Students and parents are packing their bags for Spring Break! Before you set out on your next big adventure, be sure to take a look at these helpful mobile apps to...
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Planning for Kids: Preparedness and Pediatrics
As demonstrated in events like the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic and the Ebola response of 2014, children can be particularly vulnerable in emergency situations. Children are still developing...
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Preparing for Emergencies: A Legal Perspective
Whether it’s taking steps toward a healthier lifestyle, preventing diseases, or preparing for an emergency or natural disaster, public law is an important tool to promote and protect public health....
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Zika, Mosquitoes, and Standing Water
With spring weather and mosquito season coming soon in the Unites States, the Zika virus – and the mosquitoes that carry the virus – may be a major concern. Zika is currently affecting more than 30...
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CDC Crisis Communicators: Making Every Message Count
An unexpected public health emergency can happen anywhere and to anyone. The right health or safety message at the right time from the right person can save lives. However, poor communication can also...
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Reuniting With Your Child
Hurricane Katrina hit the southeastern United States on August 29, 2005. This natural disaster led to the largest incident of missing children in US history. Many of these missing children were too...
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10 Ways to be Prepared
To mark the National Day of Action, there are hundreds of little steps you can take to be better prepared at home, in your community, and on the go. Here are a few quick action steps you can take...
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The Strategic National Stockpile: Key to Protecting the Nation’s Health
When disaster strikes, CDC’s Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) is prepared to provide medicine and medical supplies to any affected area within the United States and its territories on a moment’s...
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The Strategic National Stockpile’s Unique Role in Zika Prevention
The first thing that comes to mind when people think about the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) is probably a big warehouse with lots of medicines and supplies. What many do not know is that even...
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Using Data to Prepare for the Next Heat Wave
Extreme heat events, or heat waves, are a leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States. Between 1999 and 2012, extreme heat caused more than 7,400 heat-related deaths in the United...
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Mosquito Control Awareness Week: Say Goodbye to Mosquitoes at Home
This week is Mosquito Control Awareness Week! Now that it’s mosquito season, it is the perfect time to look in and around your home for ways to control mosquitoes that can carry viruses like Zika and...
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Safeguarding Deadly Pathogens and Poisons
Bioterrorism is not a new threat. One of the earliest recorded uses of biological weapons dates back to the 6th century B.C., when Persian armies poisoned wells with a fungus. Modern threats, however,...
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Global Health Security: How is the U.S. doing?
The Joint External Evaluation Team joins U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) colleagues in front of the Humphrey Building, Washington DC, May...
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