The CDC's disease prevention efforts include educating the public on how to recognize and avoid contracting common infectious diseases, such as the flu and strep throat.
DISASTERS Hurricane Katrina approaches landfall on the Gulf coast. Very little on land or water was spared by the storm when it struck in 2005. (Image from NOAA) Hurricane Katrina caused devastating personal, social, economic, and cultural losses. This image shows homes destroyed by the storm in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. (Image from
Significant flash flood potential for the central Gulf Coast; additional flood potential from Texas to Maine. Copious moisture from the Gulf of Mexico will bring several rounds of heavy rain to the central Gulf Coast states through the weekend, and significant flash flooding is possible.