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DNA study in CDC laboratory.

Week of April 30, 2012
CDC provides information about developmental milestones and screening for all children. For more information visit http://www.cdc.gov/NCBDDD/actearly/facts.html.

 

2
Workers on top of a coke oven.

Week of May 7, 2012
CDC/National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health works to identify and track the association between occupational exposures and cancers. For more information on occupational cancers go to: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/cancer/#surveillance.

3
Health professional extracting blood from a patient.

Week of May 14, 2012
CDC studies demonstrated that treating HIV-infected pregnant women with a short course of AZT could reduce the risk of prenatal HIV transmission by over 50%.
http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r980224.htm.

4
 Colorized scanning electron micrograph image of a Salmonella bacteria

Week of May 21, 2012
CDC works to find out what germs may be hiding in foods and making us sick. For more information visit http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/specific-foods.html.

5
Cruise ship

Week of May 28, 2012
CDC inspects cruise ships and posts the inspection scores online. To check the latest ratings visit http://wwwn.cdc.gov/InspectionQueryTool/InspectionSearch.aspx

6
Lead symbol

Week of June 4, 2012
In the United States, approximately 95% of elevated blood lead levels in adults are work related. For more information visit http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ABLES/description.html

7
Illustration of a general viron

Week of June 11, 2012
Each week, CDC tracks and shares information about more than 60 different diseases with reports we get from the states. To access the latest annual summary of these diseases visit http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_nd/

8
Photo of syringes

Week of June 18, 2012
CDC carefully watches what influenza viruses are circulating and each year helps select the viruses that will be used to make the next season’s vaccines. To learn more visit http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/vaccine-selection.htm

9
Photocholera bacteria

Week of June 25, 2012
In 1958 the first CDC Disease Detectives went overseas to Southeast Asia to investigate an epidemic of cholera and smallpox. For more information on the disease detective program visit http://www.cdc.gov/eis/index.html

10
Truck with supplies

Week of July 2, 2012
CDC stockpiles and provides antibiotics, vaccines, chemical antidotes and other supplies, which can be released in just a few hours, from its Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). To learn more about SNS go to:  http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/stockpile/stockpile.htm

11
CDC’s second Chief EIS Officer, Dr. Ira Myers, EIS ’51, performing a throat swab.

Week of July 9, 2012
In 1950 CDC conducted its first investigation of a polio outbreak in Paulding County, Ohio. For more information on the history of polio eradication visit
http://www.cdc.gov/24-7/protectingPeople/polio/

12
Bomb with a timer

Week of July 16, 2012
CDC developed guidelines and system-wide solutions to address surge needs of injured patients after a bombing or mass casualty events.  For more information visit:  http://emergency.cdc.gov/masscasualties/surgecapacity.asp.

13
Dollar

Week of July 30, 2012
CDC trains public health economists on how to help determine which public health programs and decisions are good investments. CDC′s public health economist tools are available online

 

 

 

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