Health Tips

During this year’s #GetSmartWeek, we’ve been reminded that the single most important action to slow the development and spread of antibiotic-resistant infections is for every one of us to improve the way antibiotics are prescribed and used. Use Antibiotics Appropriately – #AntibioticResistance World Antibiotic Awareness Week On CDC’s Safe Healthcare blog today, Dr. Lonnie King discusses how antibiotics in human and...

Estimated to cost more than $15.5 billion annually, foodborne diseases are a common and costly public health problem. Learn how CDC fights foodborne diseases to protect American consumers and businesses and helps employers make food safety a part of company culture. Killer Food Food for your Emergency Kit Food Manufacturing Safety My Baby and Me – Food Safety During the...

Today is International Men's Day: the objectives of International Men's Day include a focus on men's and boy's health, improving gender relations, promoting gender equality, and highlighting positive male role models. It is an occasion for men to celebrate their achievements and contributions, in particular their contributions to community, family, marriage, and child care while highlighting the discrimination against them. The...

This is "Get Smart About Antibiotics Week" Antibiotics are used in First Aid first aid treatment regularly, but have other uses in medical care. World Antibiotic Awareness Week is sponsored by WHO, and Get Smart About Antibiotics Week is sponsored simultaneously by the CDC. As part of Get Smart About Antibiotics Week, today Dr. Martin Blaser discusses the importance of prescribing and using antibiotics...

We've discussed Hypothermia, including Recognizing Hypothermia as well as Cold Stress & Frostbite in the past. Now with Winter fast approaching and temperatures plummeting, FEMA reminds us we need to learn the signs of hypothermia With Winter just around the corner, it is time to think about cold weather safety; specifically hypothermia. Hypothermia is a dangerous drop in body temperature, usually caused by prolonged exposure to cold temperatures...

Do you know the minimum SPF needed to protect yourself from the sun's harmful rays? Or how many seconds you should wash your hands to kill germs? Test your health IQ to see how your health skills stack up. Choose from three levels of difficulty or be surprised by selecting a Random mix. Each quiz delivers a mix of 10...

Just a Heads Up to our readers... Ebola is serous business, and with Thanksgiving approaching it is likely this will be circulating anew this year, so beware... it is supposed to be funny - tasteless perhaps, but not a true warning - note from the CDC: A Note About Ebola On November 10, 2014, a fictitious, comedic article was published online...

CDC releases combined summary of notifiable infectious, noninfectious diseases... The Summary (Infectious) summarizes data on dozens of nationally notifiable diseases and conditions in the United States.  Highlights include: West Nile virus (WNV) — In 2013, 47 states and the District of Columbia reported 2,469 cases of WNV disease – including 1,267 cases of WNV meningitis, encephalitis, and acute flaccid paralysis...

We thought it was about time to offer up some fall & autumn safety tips; Things to consider... Get a flu shot. Flu vaccination doesn't guarantee you won't come down with influenza, it does help lessen the chances of personal illness, as well as this Flu Season building into another pandemic. Learn more: Cough? Cold? Flu? Infection? Pandemic? Handwashing - Wash your hands...

Halloween, fin for kids and adults, but remember safety. We've spent a lot of time gathering and presenting Halloween Safety Tips over the years... these things don't change much, but you really should refresh your memory  whether you have kids or not, whether you are venturing out for Halloween festivities or not - there's something here for everyone: Halloween Fire...