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If you are going to be spending a long time in a foreign country—to go to school or to work, for example—have a plan to protect your health while you’re away from home.

Learn the risks and consequences of food poisoning in the fun new web series, Recipes for Disaster – a fictional cooking show where the host, Maria, unintentionally makes common food safety mistakes when preparing her dishes.

Are you a clinician or healthcare provider and have questions on how to prepare for the possibility of caring for a patient with #Ebola? Join CDC experts for a live Twitter chat tomorrow, August 8th from 2–3 p.m. ET. Follow @CDCgov on Twitter, and use the hashtag #CDCchat to participate in the chat.

Recent scientific studies are beginning to show progress against the childhood obesity epidemic, but the numbers of young people affected by obesity remain at high levels. Learn what you can do to combat childhood obesity.

September is National Preparedness Month. Read one family’s story to find out how emergency preparedness can affect children with special health care needs.

Take steps to be safe when walking on roadways. This includes exercising caution at intersections and crosswalks and increasing your visibility at night by wearing retro-reflective clothing and carrying flashlights.

Action Make the Heart Grow Stronger: Celebrate World Heart Day

Find your best HIV prevention and treatment options.

September 28 is World Rabies Day. Established in 2007, it aims to raise awareness about rabies and help the world come together to fight this dreadful but neglected disease. This year on the 10th anniversary of the effort, we are reminded that the fight is not yet over.

Each year, foodborne diseases cause illness in 1 in 6 Americans (or about 48 million people), resulting in about 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths. FoodCORE is a program supported by CDC that helps states detect and respond to multistate foodborne disease outbreaks.