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New CDC Report: Striving Toward Global Health Equity
By Lily Samuel When it comes to health, it’s important to recognize how interconnected the world is. No nation, including the United States, can be truly safe until all countries have core public...
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Honoring a Business Leader Who Saw the Power of Public Health
By Judy Monroe, MD Atlanta and the world lost a remarkable business leader and philanthropist with the passing of Kent C. “Oz” Nelson last week. While Oz made a big impact in business, he also had an...
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Supporting Measles Vaccination for Ethiopia’s Children
By Ruth O’Neill Measles is a serious and growing health threat with large and disruptive outbreaks occurring in every region of the world. Young children are especially vulnerable to measles infection...
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Not Just a Tick Talk: A Day in the Field at the 4th Annual Tick Workshop
By Lily Samuels Lorenza Beati, PhD, gave us instructions as we gathered on a nature trail in Statesboro, GA. “Don’t believe the sock theory. Ticks can bite through socks, and they can go through the...
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Strengthening Community Relationships as the Foundation for Change
Every day, the CDC Foundation witnesses communities coming together to ensure all residents are thriving. Businesses, nonprofits, health departments, community coalitions and others are forming...
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Detroit Team Helps Residents Prepare for Changing Climate
By Ruth O’Neill A member of the Climate R.E.A.D.Y program at Wayne State University’s Center for Urban Studies, moving dirt at a home in Detroit, Michigan. It was a grey and overcast day in Detroit...
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World Rabies Day: Bat Women Battle Rabies
By Toni Perling Something you might not know about bats: Bananas wouldn’t exist without them. Or avocados or mangoes, for that matter. But despite being key contributors to the ecosystem by...
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A Look Back at 2023’s Most Contagious Conversations
By Claire Stinson As we look forward to the year ahead, we are taking this opportunity to look back at some of the many highlights from our Contagious Conversations podcast in 2023. This year, we...
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Not Just Jackson: Mississippi Organization Takes on Health Threat of Unsafe...
By Ruth O’Neill In late August 2022, storms and flooding caused the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant in Jackson, MS to fail, leaving over 150,000 people without access to safe drinking water for...
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Peer Navigators Provide Personal Support in Puerto Rico’s Fight Against Opioids
By April Biagioni Peer navigators from the CDC Foundation’s Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) program are on the front lines of the opioid crisis in Puerto Rico, engaging with communities across the...
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To Create Healthy Communities, Public Health and Business Must Work Together
By Judy Monroe, MD Today our nation and world face incredible health challenges—costly infectious and chronic diseases and large-scale emergencies. These challenges take lives and negatively impact...
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CDC Foundation Releases New Episode of Contagious Conversations Podcast Using...
The CDC Foundation is introducing a new take on its popular podcast series, Contagious Conversations.The updated show format will use a story arc in each episode to explore critical public health...
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Thriving Together Atlanta encourages conversation and fosters connection
By Kristen Taylor and Lily SamuelHas a play you’ve seen ever made you think differently? Has a mural stuck with you long after you’d walked away?Public art plays a vital role in spurring conversations,...
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Reflecting on the Legacy of Dikembe Mutombo, NBA Legend and CDC Foundation...
By Judy Monroe, MD One of my first actions after being selected in 2016 by the CDC Foundation Board of Directors to serve as the president and CEO was to meet individually with each board...
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Thank You to Bernie Marcus for Making the World Safer
By Judy Monroe, MD Bernie Marcus, who passed away in early November, played a large role in the CDC Foundation and in the presence of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta as...
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Overdose Response Coming to Rural Communities in Georgia
Provisional data indicate that drug overdose deaths dropped 17 percent in the United States between July 2023 to July 2024—the largest decrease on record. That adds up to about 19,000 lives saved. And...
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Jerome Bettis, “The Bus,” Stops at the Big Game for Heart Health
By Toni Perling Pro football legend Jerome Bettis, the former running back better known as “The Bus,” brought a heart health message to the big game in New Orleans on behalf of the CDC Foundation and...
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