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
Katrina joins hurricanes Camille, Betsy, and the Hurricane of 1947 as landmarks in the modern history of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Each storm stands as a rite of passage for the generations that have called the coast home.