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
2005 â Hurricane Katrina, a category 3 hurricane when it hit the US Gulf Coast, caused catastrophe when levees were breached in New Orleans, unleashing devastating floods that left 1m people homeless. It proved the costliest hurricane in US history, with some $135bn of damage, and claiming more than 1,000 lives.