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Detail from A CDC poster for vaccination showing teens in a high school hallway.

“The World’s First Public Health Emergency of International Concern”

April 21, 2020 Circulating Now

On April 25, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the 2009 H1N1 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

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Artwork showing physicians and medical students washing their hands before examining obstetric patients.

How to Wash Your Hands, Historically

April 7, 2020 Circulating Now

By Sarah Eilers ~ A simple act of personal hygiene that practically every human carries out daily is key to preventing the spread of viral

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A chef prepares a chicken on a cutting board.

Scrub Away the Thanksgiving Troublemakers

November 17, 2016 Circulating Now

In the 1950s, the CDC produced a food-handling film series demonstrating what—and what not—to do when storing and preparing food.

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French poster warning of danger to sun exposure.

A Call To Action to Prevent Skin Cancer

August 7, 2014 circulating now

By Ginny A. Roth   In the fun summer months, it is often difficult to remember that outdoor activities in the hot sun can cause

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Word cloud in which influenza, H7N9, Health, Virus, and CDC figure prominantly

Future Explorations of the Modern Flu

December 5, 2013 Circulating Now

Those who preserved the newspapers of 1918 served modern researchers well, today NLM preserves web content on epidemics and other health topics for the benefit of future historical research.

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COVID-19 IS AN EMERGING, RAPIDLY EVOLVING SITUATION

A graphic representation of a virus.Get the latest public health information from CDC:

https://www.coronavirus.gov

Get the latest research information from NIH:

https://www.nih.gov/coronavirus

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