Features from this Week: STD's are Preventable, Food Delivery Safety and more

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Read about proven ways to prevent STD's, food poisoning, measles and more.

Week in Review

Food Delivery Safety

Home-delivered groceries, subscription meal kits, and mail-order food can be convenient. Make sure food safety is part of the package, too. Home-delivered food must be handled properly to prevent food poisoning.

Food Safety Tips >

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STDs are Preventable

STDs can happen to anyone. The GOOD NEWS is they're PREVENTABLE! For STD Awareness Week, get the lowdown on how to protect your health.

Prevention Tips >

Measles Measles can be prevented with MMR vaccine. The vaccine protects against three diseases: measles, mumps, and rubella. MMR vaccine is given later than some other childhood vaccines because antibodies transferred from the mother to the baby can provide some protection from disease and make the MMR vaccine less effective until about 1 year of age. Prevent measles with MMR vaccine >

Youth Violence Awareness

All young people deserve to grow up safely and thrive. Learn more about how you can help prevent youth violence and stop bullying in your community!

Prevent Youth Violence >

Pregnancy Outcomes Every pregnancy-related death is tragic, especially because most are preventable. Conditions such as weakened heart muscle, thrombotic pulmonary embolism, and high blood pressure contributed to a significantly higher proportion of pregnancy-related deaths among African American women than among white women. Ways to reduce disparities >

Positive Childhood Experiences

Children under the age of 18 may be exposed to abuse and neglect by a parent, caregiver, or another person in a custodial role (e.g., clergy, coach, teacher). 

Prevent Child Abuse >

Epilepsy: Get the Facts! Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes repeated seizures. There are many different types of epilepsy and many different kinds of seizures. Epilepsy can get in the way of life, mostly when seizures keep happening.  5 things to know about epilepsy >

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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the U.S.

As of April 17, 2020

In the United States, there have been 660,430 confirmed cases of COVID-19 detected through U.S. public health surveillance systems in 50 states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.