CDC Health & Safety Features: CDC Director's Twitter Chat, World Hepatitis Day, Home Canning and more!
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent this bulletin at 07/25/2013 06:26 PM EDT
CDC.gov Features deliver actionable and timely health, safety and wellness messages. Here is a preview of the CDC.gov Health and Safety features of the week:
Twitter Chat: Preventing HPVCDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden will host a live Twitter chat on increasing HPV vaccination rates. Follow Dr. Frieden on Twitter to join the conversation.
Fragile X Syndrome and Associated Disorders
July 22 was Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) Awareness Day. FXS is the most common known cause of inherited intellectual disability. How much do you know about FXS? Take our quiz to find out.
Home Canning and Botulism
Home canning is an excellent way to preserve garden produce and share it with family and friends, but it can be risky or even deadly if not done correctly and safely.
Keep Your Cool in Hot Weather
Learn more about heat-related illness and how to stay cool and well in hot weather.
Protect Your Family from Rabies
Rabies is a dangerous virus that anyone can get if they handle or get bitten by an animal that has the disease. Protect yourself and your family from rabies: stay away from wild animals and be sure pets are vaccinated every year.
Public Health and Drought: Challenges for the Twenty-First CenturyCycles of drought have affected us throughout history and CDC and its partners want you to be prepared to face this public health challenge.
Small Changes. Big Results.
Healthy Work Environments Are Important to Community Health.
World Hepatitis Day — July 28thWorld Hepatitis Day is a time to raise awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis and the damage it can do to the liver.World Hepatitis Day — July 28th. Viral hepatitis is the leading cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer worldwide. Approximately 400 million people have chronic viral hepatitis and most of them do not know they are infected.
CDC.gov feature articles are written by subject matter experts and health communicators, then edited to emphasize strong call-to-action messages and friendly, meaningful visuals. While most features are topic- or event-driven, some capture the full scope of CDC's work on cross-cutting topics such as staying healthy and safe over the holidays, sending kids back to school, or CDC's global programs and outreach. CDC Features may be syndicated to other Web sites at no cost. Learn more about Content Syndication.
Twitter Chat: Preventing HPVCDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden will host a live Twitter chat on increasing HPV vaccination rates. Follow Dr. Frieden on Twitter to join the conversation.
Fragile X Syndrome and Associated Disorders
July 22 was Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) Awareness Day. FXS is the most common known cause of inherited intellectual disability. How much do you know about FXS? Take our quiz to find out.
Home Canning and Botulism
Home canning is an excellent way to preserve garden produce and share it with family and friends, but it can be risky or even deadly if not done correctly and safely.
Keep Your Cool in Hot Weather
Learn more about heat-related illness and how to stay cool and well in hot weather.
Protect Your Family from Rabies
Rabies is a dangerous virus that anyone can get if they handle or get bitten by an animal that has the disease. Protect yourself and your family from rabies: stay away from wild animals and be sure pets are vaccinated every year.
Public Health and Drought: Challenges for the Twenty-First CenturyCycles of drought have affected us throughout history and CDC and its partners want you to be prepared to face this public health challenge.
Small Changes. Big Results.
Healthy Work Environments Are Important to Community Health.
World Hepatitis Day — July 28thWorld Hepatitis Day is a time to raise awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis and the damage it can do to the liver.World Hepatitis Day — July 28th. Viral hepatitis is the leading cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer worldwide. Approximately 400 million people have chronic viral hepatitis and most of them do not know they are infected.
CDC.gov feature articles are written by subject matter experts and health communicators, then edited to emphasize strong call-to-action messages and friendly, meaningful visuals. While most features are topic- or event-driven, some capture the full scope of CDC's work on cross-cutting topics such as staying healthy and safe over the holidays, sending kids back to school, or CDC's global programs and outreach. CDC Features may be syndicated to other Web sites at no cost. Learn more about Content Syndication.
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