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
When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, it shattered lives and homes. Tens of thousands of people evacuated. Many of them returned to New Orleans but others have made a life elsewhere. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast 10 years ago, hundreds of thousands of people fled somewhat north to places like Birmingham, Ala. and Jackson, Miss. Others fled west to Texas and even Utah. Most have long since returned, but a few stayed behind in their newly adopted cities.