News and Features

This page provides links to this year’s EHS spotlight and news articles.

See past EHS spotlights and news articles on the EHS News and Features Archive page.

2023 News Items

Food Safety

Learn about food safety resources from the Retail Food Collaborative.

Use our resources to identify root causes of restaurant outbreaks.

Learn about what makes foodborne outbreak investigations successful more often.

Read our NEARS summary of foodborne illness outbreaks at restaurants during 2017–2019.

Safe Water

Read about tools to assess Legionella.

Read about new recreational water venues and CDC’s efforts to keep them healthy and safe.

Learn about CDC’s resources on private wells for environmental health practitioners.

EH Practice

Learn about using empathy to promote health literacy.

Learn about new social media videos to help prevent lead exposure.

Learn about curriculum resources to help students use CDC’s EH Tracking tools.

Learn about a tool to help address environmental justice issues.

Read about key changes to the revised 10 Essential Public Health Services.

Learn about CDC’s radon resources for the public and clinicians.

Earlier news items are available on the News and Features Archive page.