Features from this Week: UV Radiation, Brain Health, and Preventing Type 2 Diabetes

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CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Week in Review

sun shining brightly over umbrella

UV Radiation

Taking steps to protect yourself from the sun is a year-round responsibility. Protect yourself and others from the sun with shade, a shirt, or sunblock (SPF 15+) all year long.

Healthy Body, Healthier Brain

Brain health and physical health are both important, especially as we age. A recent CDC study found that people with one or more chronic health conditions were more likely to report worsening or more frequent memory problems, also called subjective cognitive decline (SCD).


Ways to improve brain health >

Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

If you have prediabetes, you’re not alone. In fact, you’re one of 88 million US adults with this condition, which raises your risk for type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.
three woman walking outside

Disease of the Week

Aedes albopictus mosquito

Image of the Week

CDC entomologist using a Nasci aspirator in order to collect mosquitoes for testing
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the U.S.

As of June 12, 2020

In the United States, there have been 2,016,027 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.

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

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