To better track the spread of COVID-19, scientists in the New York State Department of Health brought a new eye to a resource already at their fingertips. Scientists sought to determine if testing dried blood spots for antibodies gathered from newborn screening might be useful in tracking the introduction and spread of SARS-CoV-2 in New York.

Alaska’s interior is one of the most ruggedly beautiful places in the United States. But for residents in the region’s scattered rural communities, the remote and isolated wilderness also presents challenges to accessing clean water and sanitation.

Dogs are known for a sense of smell so acute they have the ability to detect cancer, monitor diabetes and screen for an array of infectious diseases. Recently, several groups around the world have demonstrated that dogs are also able screen individuals for COVID-19 infections.

At some point in our lives, many of us will likely be a caregiver to someone we know with an illness, injury or disease that prevents self-sufficiency. Sometimes it only lasts a few days, but many take on this role for years. With American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people ages 65 and older more pre-disposed to dementia than other racial and ethnic groups, including Alzheimer’s, this increases the likelihood of being a caregiver in tribal communities.

Drs. Rose S. and Eugene “Gene” J. Gangarosa, MD, MS, EIS '65 have a long-standing passion for public health and are linked to the CDC Foundation by their dedicated support, including their two endowed funds focused on safe water.

What do wizards, wrestling and COVID-19 education have in common? Quite a bit, according to the Olympia Family Theater, an innovative nonprofit community theater in Washington State. The theater engages playwrights and performers in productions that can both entertain and inform audiences, with the goal of creating a stronger and healthier community through the arts.

COVID-19's accompanying stress, isolation and uncertainty have raised concerns about the mental health impacts of the pandemic. In response, the CDC Foundation supported the How Right Now/Que Hacer Ahora campaign.

In October 2021, WHO made an announcement the public health community had dreamed of for over a century and worked towards for decades: the recommendation of a malaria vaccine that could save tens of thousands of lives each year. On World Malaria Day, we celebrate this enormous achievement in malaria control and elimination.