Fact Sheets
Food Safety
What CDC is Doing
- CDC and Food Safety pdf icon[PDF – 2 pages]
- Listeria and Whole Genome Sequencing pdf icon[PDF – 2 pages]
Consumer Education
Special Population

- Food Safety for Pregnant Women pdf icon[PDF – 26 pages]external icon
- Food Safety for Older Adults pdf icon[PDF – 24 pages]external icon
- Food Safety for People with Cancer pdf icon[PDF – 24 pages]external icon
- Food Safety for People with Diabetes pdf icon[PDF – 24 pages]external icon
- Food Safety for People with HIV/AIDS pdf icon[PDF – 24 pages]external icon
- Food Safety for Transplant Recipients pdf icon[PDF – 24 pages]external icon
- Toxoplasmosis: An Important Message for Cat Owners pdf icon[PDF – 2 pages]
Estimates of Foodborne Illness
- CDC Estimates of Foodborne Illness in the United States: Findings pdf icon[PDF – 140 KB]
- Table 2. Estimated annual number of episodes of illnesses caused by 31 pathogens, United States pdf icon[PDF – 1 page]
- Table 3. Estimated annual number of hospitalizations and deaths caused by 31 pathogens, United States pdf icon[PDF – 1 page]
PulseNet
- PulseNet: 20 Years of Making Food Safer to Eatpdf icon[PDF – 4 pages]
- PulseNet Saves Lives and Moneypdf icon[PDF – 2 pages]
Vital Signs
- Vital Signs 2015: Safer Food Saves Lives
- Vital Signs 2014: Preventing Norovirus Outbreaks
- Vital Signs 2013: Recipe for Food Safety
- Vital Signs 2011: Making Food Safer to Eat
Response
Fungal Diseases
Disease and Response
Healthy Water
Drinking Water and Emergencies
- Drinking Water Treatment Methods for Backcountry and Travel Use pdf icon[PDF – 870 KB]
- Emergency Water Supply Planning Guide for Hospitals and Health Care Facilities pdf icon[PDF – 94 pages]
- Drinking Water Advisory Toolkits
- Emergency Water Supply Planning Guide for Hospitals and Health Care Facilities pdf icon[PDF – 94 pages]
Healthy Swimming
Hygiene and Handwashing

- Health Promotion Materials
- Handwashing: A Family Activity pdf icon[PDF – 1 page]
- Handwashing: A Corporate Activity pdf icon[PDF – 1 page]
- Handwashing and Hand Sanitizer Use pdf icon[PDF – 2 pages]
- Stop Germs! Stay Healthy! Wash your Hands English pdf icon[PDF – 1 page] Español pdf icon[PDF – 1 page]
Global Health
Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
- Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Program Overview pdf icon[PDF – 241 KB]
- Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Program Impact pdf icon[PDF – 173 KB]
- Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Health Burden pdf icon[PDF – 1.15 MB]
- Diarrhea: Common Illness, Global Killer pdf icon[PDF – 4 pages]
- Improving Child Development: A New CDC Handwashing Study Shows Promising Results pdf icon[PDF – 2 pages]
Household Water Treatment – The Safe Water System
Fungal Diseases

- CDC and fungal diseases pdf icon[PDF – 2 pages]
- Valley Fever and the Expanding Geographic Range of Coccidioides pdf icon[PDF – 2 pages]
- Facts about Valley Fever pdf icon[PDF – 2 pages]
- Fighting a deadly fungus: Cryptococcus pdf icon[PDF – 2 pages]
- Cryptococcal meningitis among people living with HIV/AIDSpdf icon
Page last reviewed: March 14, 2022