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CDC Vital Signs - Preventing Pregnancies in Younger Teens

Vaccinate your child against rotavirus, a major cause of severe diarrhea.

The nation’s food safety grades are out and the results are mixed. CDC’s annual report shows that foodborne infections continue to be an important public health problem in the United States. More can be done.

May is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Awareness Month. ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive, fatal, neurodegenerative disorder of the upper and lower motor neurons. The etiology of ALS is not well understood, and currently there is no cure.

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

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.

May is Children’s Mental Health Awareness month. This year’s theme is “Finding Help. Finding Hope”. Learn what CDC is doing to improve access to behavioral health services and supports for children and their families.

Craig M. Hales, MD1, Rafael Harpaz, MD1, Ismael Ortega-Sanchez, PhD1, Stephanie R. Bialek, MD1 (Author affiliations at end of text).

FASDs are 100% preventable if a woman does not drink alcohol during pregnancy. There is no known safe amount of alcohol to drink while pregnant. There is also no safe time during pregnancy to drink and no safe kind of alcohol.

Magdalena M. Paczkowski, PhD1,2, Keren L. Landman, MD1,2, Paul M.