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Knowing your family health history can be important for your health and your child’s health. Take time to collect this information and share it with your doctor and your child’s doctor.

Higher prevalence of smoking among depressed patients, as well as the risk of depression in smokers, is well documented. The proportion of patients with a history of depression among those seeking intensive treatment of tobacco dependence is also high.

This February celebrate African American History Month and Heart Health Month. Learn about how heart disease impacts African Americans, the Million Hearts initiative, and how to improve your heart health.

She's your friend, sister, wife, mother, daughter, neighbor, or co-worker, and she has a story to tell. March is National Women's History Month and the 2015 theme is Weaving the Stories of Women's Lives. Women share their personal health journeys, challenges, and triumphs to help you better understand what you can do to improve your health.

Talk to your doctor about your family health history of osteoporosis

A fact sheet that describes what is known about the relationship between pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, fertility treatment and the risk of cancer.

David J. Sencer CDC Museum

History of malaria from ancient history through the elimination of malaria in the United States highlighting the major scientific breakthroughs and the on going efforts for eradication.

Education and information about malaria history, disease, transmission, life cycle information, biology of malaria, and CDC activities involving malaria both internationally and domestically.

Facts about malaria in the United States, Worldwide, prevention and treatment, and biology, pathology and epidemiology.

Information on hantaviruses, Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), and Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS). Provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) is a severe, sometimes fatal, respiratory disease in humans caused by infection with a hantavirus.

The Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) Mission: Advance health equity and women’s health issues across the nation through CDC’s science and programs, and increase CDC’s capacity to leverage its diverse workforce and engage stakeholders toward this end.

Learn more about Native American Heritage Month, the health status of this population, and some of the research CDC is doing.

Learn about the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) and its 30 years of supporting discoveries in communication and sensory research.