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July is National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month, an observance intended to raise awareness and improve understanding of birth defects of the head and face. Common craniofacial birth defects include orofacial clefts (cleft lip, cleft palate, or both), craniosynostosis (when the skull sutures join together prematurely), and anotia/microtia (when the ear is missing or malformed).

What’s in Vaccines?

Each Tuesday, to enhance awareness of emerging scientific knowledge, selected science clips will be posted here for the public health community. The focus is applied public health research and prevention science that has the capacity to improve health now.

CDC - Stephen B. Thacker Library - Science Clips

CDC is responding to a pandemic of respiratory disease spreading from person to person caused by a novel (new) coronavirus. The disease has been named “coronavirus disease 2019” (abbreviated “COVID-19”). This situation poses a serious public health risk...

Advice for caregivers If you are caring for someone with COVID-19 at home or in a non-healthcare setting, follow this advice to protect yourself and others.

What to Do If You Are Sick Steps to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 if you are sick guide

Visit the following pages for global case numbersexternal icon (reported by the World Health Organization) and CDC’s COVID-19 travel recommendations by country....

Protect Yourself and Others You can take steps to slow the spread of COVID-19. Learn more..

Cloth Face Coverings: Questions and Answers