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The Disease Detectives: A 75-Year-Old Network of Fellowship
By Jay Moye for the CDC Foundation In 1951, with the Korean War barely a year old and fears of biological warfare running high in Washington, an epidemiologist named Alexander Langmuir boldly proposed creating a dedicated corps of disease detectives, trained and ready to deploy anywhere a public health threat emerged. The program Langmuir envisioned…
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A Lesson in Vigilance: Safeguarding the Continued Effectiveness of Antibiotics
By Jay Moye for the CDC Foundation On the night of November 30, 1940, German bombs tore through a police station in Southampton, England, killing a sergeant and injuring two constables. One of them, a reserve officer named Albert Alexander, survived the blast, but a scratch near his mouth became infected, then spread to his…
Checking the Spread: Working Together to Stop the Ebola Outbreak
Health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continue to fight an Ebola outbreak that was first spotted in May, posing a significant health threat across five eastern provinces in Africa’s second largest country as well as throughout the region. Though DRC has seen Ebola outbreaks before—this is the 17th confirmed outbreak in…
The Quiet Revolution: 250 Years of Public Health in America
By Jay Moye for the CDC Foundation Imagine a child born in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, the morning the Declaration of Independence took final shape a few blocks away. The world she entered was, by any modern measure, brutal. About one in five infants did not live to see a first birthday. Only about…
One World, One Goal: What Public Health and the World Cup Teach Us About Global Community
Every four years, soccer brings the world together. This summer, the Men’s FIFA World Cup has come to North America, bringing together teams from 48 countries and fans from more than 200. They arrive with different traditions and celebrations, speaking over 100 different languages. Yet, they all play the same game and are working toward…
Be Vocal: Raising Awareness on Women’s Health
As a doctor of Obstetrics and Gynocology, Jaclyn Nunziato moved from New York to Roanoke, Virginia with a deep understanding of the importance of healthcare during pregnancy. So, when she discovered that many women in southwest Virginia were struggling to access the education and resources they needed to navigate their pregnancy and postpartum experiences, she…
Marking a Milestone: MedShare’s Safe Birth Initiative Nears Completion in West Africa
Over the past decade, MedShare has played a critical role in strengthening maternal and newborn healthcare systems in West Africa. Today, that work is approaching an important milestone. MedShare is currently preparing the final 10 container shipments of life-saving medical supplies and biomedical equipment to charitable hospitals in Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire—regions long challenged by…
Safeguarding Health: Addressing the Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance
Antibiotics are one of the most powerful tools in medicine, and most are prescribed in outpatient settings, like doctors’ offices and clinics. However, research has shown that in the United States up to 28 percent of these prescriptions are unnecessary. Unnecessary or inappropriate antibiotic use can allow pathogens to develop the ability to resist the…
A Haven from Addiction in Rural Georgia
Your Haven, an addiction recovery community organization in Buchanan, Georgia, sits on a quiet side street—a small, beige building against a stand of Loblolly pines. But its unassuming façade belies its impact here as a place of deep connections, second chances and new beginnings. Opened in 2020 in response to the opioid crisis in rural…
Honoring The Legacy of Health Hero Dr. Bill Foege, Who Championed Health for All
The world lost a visionary champion of health with the passing of William (Bill) Foege, MD, MPH, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and public health pioneer whose groundbreaking work was instrumental in eradicating smallpox. Over a career of more than 60 years, Dr. Foege dedicated himself to public health,…
Turning Lessons into Action In Rwanda
When Rwanda’s Ministry of Health confirmed the country’s first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in September 2024, alarm spread quickly, both within the country and across the globe. Clinically similar to Ebola, MVD has, in past outbreaks, claimed the lives of up to 88 percent of those infected. Though the virus was first identified…
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