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Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library Dedication
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library Dedication

The newly-named Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library was dedicated on July 11th, honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Stephen B. Thacker.

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Healthy Americans at Every Stage of Life
Healthy Americans at Every Stage of Life

It is exciting to learn about the progress the National Prevention Council has made in the three years since it released the first-ever National Prevention Strategy to refocus our nation on prevention and wellness. 

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CDC's Call to Action on Prescription Opioid Drugs
CDC's Call to Action on Prescription Opioid Drugs

Prescription pain medications can have a useful purpose, but there are dangers to opioid drugs and how they are prescribed. And there are some significant differences in health care provider prescription practices in the United States, according to CDC.

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A nurse and a doctor at the Mongkul Borey Provincial Hospital look on as patient weighs her baby.

A young girl visiting the Angkor Wat temple complex near Siem Riep, Cambodia. © David Snyder/CDC Foundation

Culture samples in the National Public Health Lab in Port-au-Prince, the most advanced lab in Haiti. The CDC's Surveillance and Response Team was based at the lab in the weeks after the January 12 earthquake, where they helped to set up a surveillance system for infectious diseases in the many camps that surrounded the city after the quake.

The Promoting Positive Parenting Program, supported by the CDC Foundation, uses cell phones to reinforce the lessons learned during weekly meetings.

CDC Foundation Fellows Christopher Shacklady and Julianne Botelho work on the Solvay hormone project at the Protein Biomarker Lab at CDC.

Children play on a small patch of grass in the community of Mikocheni in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania's capital city. Through the Phones for Health program, supported by the CDC Foundation, CDC is working to streamline Tanzania's health care reporting system so that local healthcare workers in both the public and private sectors can use text messaging and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) to report health trends at the local level to district level supervisors. © David Snyder/CDC Foundation