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The Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program is committed to the Healthy People goal of eliminating elevated blood lead levels in children by 2020. CDC continues to assist state and local childhood lead poisoning prevention programs, to provide a scientific basis for policy decisions, and to ensure that health issues are addressed in decisions about housing and the environment.

Protecting children from exposure to lead is important to lifelong good health. Even low levels of lead in blood have been shown to affect IQ, ability to pay attention, and academic achievement. And effects of lead exposure cannot be corrected.

Meningococcal disease is a reportable condition in all states, with cases immediately reported to state health departments. CDC closely tracks meningococcal disease through the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System and Active Bacterial Core surveillance.

CDC – Information to help make organ and tissue transplants the highest quality possible so that recipients have the best outcomes.

We surveyed a sample of both health care providers and patients at Federally Qualified Health Centers during the time period of 2009 and 2010 about their practices, beliefs, and barriers to using the co-test and extending cervical cancer screening intervals for women between 30 and 60 years old.

This study used two federal cancer surveillance systems to describe cervical cancer rates among women younger than 40 years old.

Screening tests can find colorectal (colon) cancer early, when treatment works best.