Featured Stories Archive
Winner Selected in CDC's Healthy Swimming Video Contest
To help prevent the spread of germs that cause recreational water illnesses, CDC's Healthy Swimming Program launched its first-ever video contest to encourage the public to create short, original videos that promote healthy swimming behaviors. Check out the the winning videos.
30 Years of HIV/AIDS
The first cases of AIDS were reported in the June 5, 1981, issue of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Despite our many successes since that time, there is still much work to be done to stop an epidemic that has claimed the lives of more than half a million people in the U.S. - and more than 25 million people worldwide.
Spotlight on: CDC Experience Fellow John McKenna
John McKenna is a medical student at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and a recently graduated CDC Experience Applied Epidemiology Fellow. As part of his fellowship, John was part of a team of CDC experts sent to the U.S. Island of Guam to investigate an outbreak of mumps and examine how a third measles, mumps and rubella vaccine might make a difference in prevention.
Tobacco Use Kills More People Worldwide than HIV, TB and Malaria Combined
CDC plays a critical role in helping countries meet the requirements outlined by the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Tobacco Survey Reaches 14 Countries, Representing 3.6 Billion People
As a partner in the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use, the CDC Foundation recently reached a major milestone, completing surveys in all 14 Phase I countries, representing 3.6 billion people – over half the world's population. Survey data will help officials refine the interventions aimed at reducing smoking in these countries.
Better Treatments for Bleeding Disorders
Hemophilia is a rare disorder that causes blood not to clot properly. Thanks to a CDC Foundation partnership with Baxter Bioscience and Pfizer Inc, a CDC team is closer to understanding why some people with hemophilia develop inhibitors and others don't.
Safety is No Accident
CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control encourages all Americans to live injury-free in all areas of life: at work, at home, at play, and in our communities. Learn what you can do.
