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Whether traveling to warmer weather or a snow-filled adventure, make sure the flu is not your travel companion. Get your flu vaccine before you go to reduce your risk of catching and spreading the flu.

Acellular vaccine: Listen [MP3, 105 KB] A vaccine containing partial cellular material as opposed to complete cells.

Find out about the ways that you can protect yourself and loved ones by quitting smoking and reducing exposure to secondhand smoke.

Possible Side-effects from Vaccines

Make sure your family is up to date with their tetanus vaccine so they are protected against this serious infection commonly known as “lockjaw.” The bacteria that cause tetanus can be found everywhere in the environment.

Hookah Smoking Just as Toxic as Cigarettes

Infections with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)* are increasing among patients in medical facilities (1). CRE that produce Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) have been responsible for much of the increase in the United States. However, New Delhi metallo-?-lactamase (NDM)–producing CRE have the potential to add to this burden.

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CDC supports adolescent and school health efforts using three state-of-the-art monitoring systems designed to collect, analyze, and disseminate data on youth risk behaviors and school health policies and practices.

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