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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle — Three great ways YOU can eliminate waste and protect your environment! The waste we create has to be carefully controlled to be sure that it does not harm your environment and your health.

Three years later, the National Prevention Strategy is helping Americans become healthier. Learn how in the National Prevention Council's 2014 Annual Status Report.

CDC Women's health information, tips, and research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC.gov feature articles are written by subject matter experts and health communicators, then edited to emphasize strong call-to-action messages and friendly, meaningful visuals.

Autumn is a great time to engage in physical activities outdoors.

As autumn approaches, many children are heading back to school. Because children spend much of their time in classrooms, schools are an ideal setting to teach and model healthy behaviors. As children across the country get ready to return to school, parents and staff can gear up to improve the health of students and help them achieve academic success.

Your health is important wherever you go. And now that many people are spending most of their day sitting at a desk or inside an office, implementing health programs inside the workplace has become a vital piece of a healthy lifestyle.

Prevent or delay type 2 diabetes by learning your risk factors, eating right, becoming more physically active, losing a modest amount of weight, and managing stress. You can make a healthy change today.