With the recent heat waves across the nation, parents and caregivers are reminded that leaving young children unattended in vehicles can be deadly. EDC offers several recommendations for keeping children safe.
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A new website and teaching tool ( www.tbepidemic.org ) developed by EDC was unveiled during a Senate briefing on Capitol Hill for World TB Day. The briefing is one of several events being held to draw attention to tuberculosis, a disease that affects nearly one-third of the world’s population and kills nearly 2 million people each year.
Innovative program helps young black men address health needs from diabetes and obesity to HIV and AIDS. While African Americans make up only 13 percent of the U.S. population, they represent more than half of the new HIV infections each year.
In Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, which has the highest HIV and AIDS rate of any community in New York State, a new program is helping young black men ages 18–30 fight back. Called Keep It Up, the program combines health promotion and HIV prevention to help participants learn to take care of their health.
In MetroWest Boston, youth, parents, and local leaders are learning about ways to prevent teen substance abuse in their communities.