Category: foodborne illness

NCEZID Labs, Programs Mark 2019 Milestones

Color illustration of a variety of microscopic germs and viruses

The National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) faced challenges in 2019, but the year also marked a number of milestones for the center. NCEZID’s annual Accomplishments report recaps those achievements and lays out some of the future challenges. Milestones in Laboratory Science CDC’s high-containment laboratories (HCL), which study some of the world’s Read More >

March 16, 2020 by Rima F. Khabbaz, MD; Director, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious DiseasesLeave a comment

Disease Investigation, Disease Outbreak, General, response, Vectorborne

drug-resistant infections, ebola, Environmental Health, Foodborne, foodborne illness, high-containment laboratories, Laboratory Response Network, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, NCEZID, personal health, PulseNet, quarantine, rabies, salmonella, vaping, Waterborne, waterborne illness

Tips to Protect Yourself from Norovirus

If you have never been sick with norovirus, chances are you will. In fact, norovirus is so common that most people will get sick with it several times during their life. The symptoms of norovirus can be miserable and include diarrhea, throwing up, nausea, and stomach pain. Most people who get sick with the virus Read More >

February 21, 2017 by Blog Administrator1 Comment

prevention

food safety, foodborne illness, handwashing, Norovirus