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Working in Heat Heat stress can affect many outdoor and indoor workers. Employers should reduce workplace heat stress by implementing engineering and work practice controls. Follow these basic recommendations at your workplace.	Latest Features Know Your HIV Status Say No to Raw Dough Disability & Health Promotion Vaccines for Children Thunder Roars, Go Indoors!
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Dengue viruses are spread to people through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. Dengue is common in more than 100 countries around the world. About 1 in 4 people who are infected with dengue will get sick.   >> Learn More
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This 1964 image was taken in the capital city of Nuku’alofa in the Polynesian sovereign state of Tonga. Here, during a Sports Day celebration, a team of high school athletes had gathered, each to receive a smallpox vaccination. >> Learn More

COVID-19 in the U.S.   Know Your COVID-19 Community Level   COVID-19 Community Levels are a new tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data. Levels can be low, medium, or high and are determined by looking at hospital beds being used, hospital admissions, and the total number of new COVID-19 cases in an area.      Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Rd   Atlanta, GA 30329   1-800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636)   TTY: 888-232-6348