Subject: Features from this Week: Keeping Children Safe, Suicide Prevention, SCD, and more
From: "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention" <no-reply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 12:01:35 -0700
Review the latest features on CDC.gov
Week in Review
#BeThere
Suicide is a serious public health problem that can have lasting harmful effects on individuals, families, and communities. Suicide is more than a mental health concern. Learn how to #BeThere to help prevent suicide.
Many adults may be at increased risk for pneumococcal disease and not know it. Two vaccines provide protection against this serious and sometimes deadly disease. Talk to your clinician to make sure you are up to date on these and other recommended vaccines.
School is back in session. As you stock up on pencils, take first-day pictures, and adjust to new bus schedules, take a few, quick steps that can keep your child safer during an emergency.
Don't wait until you or someone you know gets sick to think about food safety. Following four simple steps at home — Clean, Separate, Cook, and Chill — can help protect you and your loved ones from food poisoning.
People of certain racial and ethnic groups are more likely to develop prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. Learn why Hispanic/Latino risk is higher, and some ways to prevent type 2 diabetes or manage diabetes if you already have it.
Don't wait until you or someone you know gets sick to think about food safety. Following four simple steps at home — Clean, Separate, Cook, and Chill — can help protect you and your loved ones from food poisoning.
Here's something you don't see every day: A man talking into a coffee pot. But for CDC epidemiologist Norbert Soke and a team of colleagues in a hotel in Kinshasa, it was a way to break through a technological communication barrier.
