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
Hurricane Katrina Deaths, Louisiana, 2005 Joan Brunkard, PhD, Gonza Namulanda, MS, and Raoult Ratard, MD ABSTRACT Objective: Hurricane Katrina struck the US Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, causing unprecedenteddamage to numerous communities in Louisiana and Mississippi. Our objectives were to verify,document ...