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    QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years with Diagnosed Diabetes, by Urbanization Level and...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving the CDC website. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cannot...

    Celebrate National DNA Day on April 25th!

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). What to know This National DNA Day, CDC is sharing resources to help people learn more about how their DNA can affect...

    A Safety Net Tobacco Use Cessation Resource: Quitline Service Usage, 2019

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Sonia M. Tetlow, MPH1; Lei Zhang, PhD1; Mateusz Borowiecki, BS2; Yoonsang Kim, PhD2; Andrea S. Gentzke, PhD1; Teresa W. Wang, PhD1;...

    CDC Announces Important Advances in Protecting Americans from Heat | CDC Online Newsroom

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Today, CDC, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS), launched a new Heat and...

    Assessment of Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death Among Adolescents and Young Adults After Receipt...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Discussion Electronic health record data from 40 U.S. health care systems during January 2021–January 2022, showed that the risk for cardiac complications...

    Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Viruses

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Human cases of A(H5N1) While HPAI A(H5N1) viruses are currently circulating widely in wild birds and poultry in many geographic regions, relatively...

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    National Infant Immunization Week

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). NIIW highlights protecting children from vaccine-preventable diseases. Source of original article: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) / CDC Features...

    Mpox Outbreak — Los Angeles County, California, May 4–August 17, 2023

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Epidemiologic Investigation and Findings During May 4–August 17, 2023, a total of 56 laboratory-confirmed mpox cases occurred in Los Angeles County (LAC),...

    Update on Rapid Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission at 2023 EIS Conference | CDC Online...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). CDC’s 2023 Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference brought together approximately 1,800 in-person and 400 virtual attendees during April 24–27, 2023, in...

    Results From the 2018 Health Related Behaviors Survey

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Lauren Piro, MPH1; Huabin Luo, PhD2; Katherine Jones, PhD2; Suzanne Lazorick, MD, MPH2; Doyle M. Cummings, PharmD2; Sy Atezaz Saeed, MD,...

    Virus Descriptions and Report Summaries

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Virus Descriptions and Report Summaries Source of original article: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) / Seasonal Flu (tools.cdc.gov). The...

    COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage — World Health Organization African Region, 2021–2023

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Discussion Despite the improved supply of COVID-19 vaccine starting by late 2021, coverage in the African Region increased slowly. Regional coverage with...

    Climate change creates a ‘cocktail’ of serious health hazards for 70 per cent of...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWiPUobrMsY GENEVA (ILO News) – A “staggering” number of workers, amounting to more than 70 per cent of the global workforce, are...

    Food Safety for Buffets and Parties

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Gathering friends and family is fun, but beware of uninvited party guests. Foodborne germs can crash your buffet and make people...

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    Europe climate change shocks cause 94 per cent spike in heat-related deaths, says UN...

    New data published jointly by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Copernicus Climate Change Service confirmed fears that that 2023 was the joint...

    Transcript: Mpox Briefing | CDC Online Newsroom

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Operator Good afternoon, and thank you for standing by. At this time, all participant lines are in listen-only mode. During the Q&A...

    Detecting Mpox Cases Through Wastewater Surveillance — United States, August 2022–May 2023

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Discussion This study is the first to examine the performance of wastewater surveillance for detecting mpox cases using empirical data. Wastewater surveillance...

    Influenza Risk Assessment Tool (IRAT) | Pandemic Influenza (Flu)

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Please see this summary of Influenza Risk Assessment Tool (IRAT) results for more information. What is the Influenza Risk Assessment Tool (IRAT)? The...

    Research, Surveillance, and Evidence-Based Public Health Practices

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Sara L. Huston, PhD1,2; Austin Porter III, DrPH, MPH3,4 (View author affiliations) Suggested citation for this article: Huston SL, Porter A III....

    Stay Safe and Healthy in Winter

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Winter storms and cold temperatures can be dangerous. Stay safe and healthy by planning ahead. Prepare your home and vehicles. Prepare...

    Infections Associated with Medtronic Duet External Ventricular Drains — Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Investigation and Results During January–September 2023, over 1,498 days with an EVD in place (EVD days), four patients with EVDs, including one...

    Extensively Drug-Resistant Typhoid Fever in Pakistan – Level 1 – Level 1 – Practice...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Typhoid fever is a serious disease...