Features from This Week: Be Antibiotics Aware, Holiday Turkey Tips, Uncontrolled Epilepsy, and More!

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Week in Review

Be Antibiotics Aware

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most urgent threats to the public’s health. Antibiotic resistance happens when germs, like bacteria and fungi, develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them. That means the germs are not killed and continue to grow.

Combat antibiotic resistance >

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Holiday Turkey Tips

Planning a holiday celebration? See CDC’s considerations to help protect you, your family, and friends from COVID-19. Handling poultry (chickens and turkey) incorrectly and undercooking it are the most common problems that lead to foodborne disease outbreaks linked to poultry.

Four tips to safely prepare your meal > 

En Español

Uncontrolled Epilepsy Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes repeated seizures. About 3.4 million people in the United States have active epilepsy – that means a doctor has told them they have epilepsy and they are currently taking medicine for it or that they have had at least one seizure in the last year. Get better control of epilepsy>

Family Health History

Has your mother or sister had breast cancer? Does your mother, father, sister, or brother have diabetes? Did your mother, father, brother, or sister have colorectal (colon) cancer before age 50? If you answered “yes,” you are more likely to get the same disease as your parent or sibling and should consider earlier screening. 

Talk to your doctor about screening >

Prevent Norovirus Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water especially after using the toilet or changing diapers always before eating, preparing, or handling food, and before giving yourself or someone else medicine. Prevention tips > En Español

World COPD Day

The 19th annual World COPD Day takes place on November 18, 2020 and has the goal of raising awareness and presenting new knowledge about this disease. This year’s theme for World COPD Day is “Living Well With COPD – Everybody, Everywhere.”

Live well with COPD >

ATSDR Stories from the Field An app-based tool tested during Hurricane Maria highlights the critical benefits of real-time data collection and data quality improvements in health facilities in Puerto Rico. Paper-based assessments can be a burden, especially during emergency responses when rapid information low is critical. About the tool >

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

As of November 20, 2020 In the United States, there have been 11,650,817 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. U.S. Cases

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