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The ATSDR National ALS Registry contributes to a better understanding of ALS and helps create a better future for the next generation of persons living with ALS. Learn more about ALS and the ALS Registry at www.cdc.gov/als. If you have ALS, make a difference in ALS research by participating in the ALS Registry.

What you don’t know about high blood pressure could hurt you. High blood pressure affects one in three Americans,1 yet many people with the condition don’t know they have it.

Water is the foundation for life. Learn more about the vital role safe water plays in our lives and what CDC is doing to address challenges to our water supply.

Arthritis affects one in five adults in the United States. That’s 53 million men and women. If you are among them, share your story during May, which is Arthritis Awareness Month, and let others See Arthritis.

Coronaviruses are common worldwide. They usually cause colds. However, a novel coronavirus called “Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus” (MERS-CoV) has caused severe illness and death in people from several countries. Learn more about MERS-CoV.

Paula W. Yoon, ScD1, Brigham Bastian2, Robert N. Anderson, PhD2, Janet L.

Mariah Zeigler, DVM1, Chad Claar, MPH1, Daviesha Rice, MPH1, Jack Davis, PhD1, Tammy Frazier1, Alex Turner1, Corinna Kelley1, Jonathan Capps1, Andrea Kent1, Valerie Hubbard1, Christiana Ritenour1, Cristina Tuscano1, Zuwen Qiu-Shultz, MPH2, Collette Fitzgerald Leaumont, PhD3 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Kamil E. Barbour, PhD1, Judy A. Stevens, PhD2, Charles G.

Marie A. de Perio, MD1, Bruce P. Bernard, MD1, Lisa J.

May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month. High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is the leading risk factor for stroke and a major cause of morbidity and mortality (1). In the United States, nearly one in three adults has hypertension, but only about half (47%) of those have it under control (1).