Features from this Week: Heart Defects, World Cancer Day, Diabetes, and More

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Learn about congenital heart defects and how diabetes can affect your heart.    

                      Week in Review

Living with a Heart Defect
Congenital heart defects are present at birth and can affect the structure of a person’s heart and its ability to work properly. As medical care and treatment have advanced, people with heart defects are living longer and healthier lives, many into adulthood. Learn what CDC is doing to improve the lives of people with heart defects.

                    Learn about heart defects >

                    World Cancer Day
You can help create a future free of cancer for yourself, your family, and your community. Most cancers take years to develop. Different factors, called risk factors, can raise the chance of getting cancer over time. They are links in a chain of events that can lead to cancer.

Take Action to Prevent Cancer > En Español >
Diabetes and Your Heart
Diabetes and heart disease often go hand in hand. Learn how to protect your heart with simple lifestyle changes that can also help you manage diabetes.

Learn How Diabetes Affects Your Heart > 

                    Prevent Whooping Cough
Whooping cough, or pertussis, can be a serious disease for people of all ages but especially for babies. Whooping cough vaccines offer the best protection against this very contagious disease. Make sure you and your loved ones are up to date with your whooping cough vaccines.

CDC's Whooping Cough Vaccine Recommendations >En Español > 
Winter Weather
Winter storms and cold temperatures can be dangerous. Stay safe and healthy by planning ahead. Prepare your home and cars. Prepare for power outages and outdoor activity. Check on older adults.

                    Take These Steps for Your Home >
En Español >

                      Disease of the Week

                    Polio

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                    2019 Novel Coronavirus 

   2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
Situation Summary

CDC is closely monitoring an outbreak caused by a novel (new) coronavirus. 

Learn more on this outbreak > 