Blood pressure control among individuals with hypertension in both high-income and in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) is low, resulting in avoidable and expensive strokes, heart attacks, kidney failure, dementia,

Public health surveillance is the foundation of effective public health practice. Public health surveillance is defined as the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of data.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a unique mandate, reach, and breadth and depth of expertise. As CDC Director since 2009, the author has had the opportunity

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) transformed its approach to preparing for and responding to public health emergencies following the anthrax attacks of 2001.

Local health departments generally do a good job of monitoring and controlling conditions that killed people in the United States 100 years ago.

In the United States, the significant morbidity and mortality burden due to rising obesity rates is well known,1 and the financial toll is substantial.

Objective: To assess the additional risk to household contacts from an infectious case of tuberculosis (TB) at home in a rural community in south India.

A 1991 survey showed high levels of drug resistance among tuberculosis patients in New York, NY. As a result, the tuberculosis control program was strengthened, including expanded use of directly