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
More significant storms can shut in over 10 times this amount. Production still recovers relatively quickly; even a major hurricane won't affect the market in the long term. This year's tropical storm Colin was the first named storm in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) since tropical storm Karen in 2013. A major storm (Category 3 hurricane or higher) hasn't made landfall in the US since Wilma in 2005. Despite a recent lack of major storm landfalls, a named storm will eventually affect the Gulf again.