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These fact sheets list skin cancer prevention strategies for parents, teachers, employers, and parks and recreation staff.

Walking keeps people and pets healthy.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has concluded there is not enough evidence to recommend for or against routine screening to find skin cancers early.

To keep your eyes healthy, get a comprehensive dilated eye exam: an eye care professional will use drops to widen the pupils to check for common vision problems and eye diseases. It's the best way to find out if you need glasses or contacts, or are in the early stages of an eye disease. If you haven't had a comprehensive dilated eye exam for some time, schedule one now.

Information on the risk of exposure to brucellosis infection.

Learn more about how CDC protects the futures of children around the world.

Fainting can be triggered by many types of medical procedures, including vaccinations. Fainting and related injuries after vaccination can be prevented.

The Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program at CDC is leading the national effort to collect quality data on deaf and hard of hearing (D/HH) babies and very young children. Quality data means that it is complete, timely and accurate and can help state and territorial programs ensure all D/HH babies are identified early and receive intervention services. CDC is doing this by supporting efforts to standardize the collection, analysis, and reporting of EHDI data so that it is comparable between states and territories, and is accurate.

Research has shown that school health programs can reduce the prevalence of health risk behaviors among young people and have a positive effect on academic performance.

By walking with friends, family, even your co-workers, you can catch up, and enjoy the physical benefits at the same time.