Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
About Us
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is your online source for credible health information.
Contact Us
1600 Clifton Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30333
Telephone: 1-800-232-4636
cdcinfo@cdc.gov
Articles by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
-
Why Is Handwashing Important?
CDC Says "Prevent Contamination" by Hand CDC cites five common household scenarios in which disease-causing germs can...
-
Facts about Developmental Screening Tools
What screening tools can do ? Screening tools are designed to help identify children who might have developmental...
-
Powerful Bones Toolbox: Recipes
To boost the amount of calcium in foods you make... Add fat-free or low-fat milk to soups or baked goods Make hot...
Topics: Middle Years (5-9) -
Cover Your Cough
Stop the Spread of Germs that Make You and Others Sick! Serious respiratory illnesses like influenza, respiratory...
-
Children and the Flu Vaccine
CDC recommends that healthy children aged 6 months up through their 5th birthday, their close contacts (people who live...
Topics: Middle Years (5-9) | Children and the Flu -
Autism FAQ
General Information About ASDs What are Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)? What are some of the signs of ASDs? What...
Topics: Autism Spectrum Disorders -
Child Development and Public Health
What is Child Development? Children grow, develop, and learn throughout their lives from birth and infancy to...
-
Tourette Syndrome
What is Tourette Syndrome? Tourette Syndrome (TS) is an inherited, neurological disorder characterized by multiple...
Topics: Other Speech and Language Issues -
Autism: Treatment and Therapy
No two people with ASDs are exactly alike. So, each person with an ASD needs a treatment program to meet his or her...
-
Autism: Symptoms
As the name "autism spectrum disorders" suggests, ASDs cover a...
Topics: Autism Spectrum Disorders
Popular Articles
- Make a Flip Book for Place Value
- Build Vocabulary with Prefixes and Suffixes
- The Cause and Effect Card Game
- 16 Ways to Bring Books Alive
- The Letter Learning Game
- Find the Math Fact Family
- Get Metaphor and Simile Savvy Through Writing
- Do Some Cranberry Sauce Science!
- Find Out Why Leaves Change Color
- Crunch a Can with Air, Water and Science!
