Malaria transmission via mosquitoes

Malaria was eliminated during the 1950s in the United States with the help of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Yet every year, approximately 1,500 cases of malaria are reported, mainly from returning sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia travelers. According to the World Health Organization, in 2013 alone, 500,000 deaths were reported. A […]

National Infant Immunization Week kicks off April 18

National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW)  has been celebrated for 21 years during the last week of April.  It serves as the U.S. initiative of the World Health Organization’s World Immunization Week. With the recent measles outbreaks throughout the country, children are vulnerable from diseases that are preventable with vaccines.  As seen in a Center for […]

Smallpox vaccination at testing sites

Smallpox testing site employees were evaluated by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to determine the need to revaccinate them from the highly contagious disease. In 1980, the World Health Organization declared smallpox was completely eradicated after killing one-third of people infected. However, in 2002 the U.S. government declared smallpox a credible bio threat. The […]