As a data abstractor in the New Jersey Department of Health, it is Pinzon’s job to log data from death certificates, coroner/medical examiner reports and toxicology reports in the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS). When overdose deaths occur, Pinzon receives raw reports and inputs them. And Pinzon’s work has had a major impact on community response.

While beautiful, the vast evergreen forests that cover rural northwest Montana pose an increasingly common health hazard: destructive wildfires. An insect called a Douglas-fir beetle is killing these trees–perfect fuel for summer fires. Through a CDC Foundation project, local residents can save their trees by using a safe chemical that mimics a pheromone that repels these destructive insects.

Joanna Buffington kept going to school because she loved learning—and, in her words, because she didn’t know what she wanted to be when she grew up. She discovered a passion for science while an undergraduate at Wesleyan, but it wasn't until graduate school at Tufts that she decided to continue on to a medical education, rather than work in labs that conducted experiments on animals.

Brigid's Path is one of only five newborn recovery centers in the United States. With funding, it can serve as a model for other states to care for mothers and babies impacted by the opioid epidemic.

Around the world, a woman dies every two minutes due to preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Despite significant progress, Tanzania still bears one of the heaviest burdens of maternal deaths worldwide.

Wyoming gained a new weapon in its fight against drug overdose deaths.

Testing saves lives. It gives us the critical information we need to detect, treat and prevent disease outbreaks. Today, as researchers deepen their understanding of diseases and build more advanced tools, we support every step of the process to create new, more accurate, more efficient tests.

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