The measles and rubella microarray patch (MR-MAP), a sticker roughly the size of a silver dollar coin and coated with microscopic needles that painlessly penetrate the skin to deliver the vaccine in just five minutes.

An initiative to help medical examiners and coroners–also referred to as Medicolegal Death Investigators (MDI)–share their data with public health and other agencies is having a major impact, allowing families faster access to death certificates and officials a quicker response to community health threats.

Throughout her career, Dr. Joan Cioffi leveraged her interdisciplinary background to foster connections between diverse actors in public health. She was an early believer in the value of bridging both laboratory and social sciences and academic and governmental work, allowing her to develop creative responses to some of society’s most pressing public health issues.

In response to rising drowning rates among U.S. children, the CDC Foundation and CDC, with financial support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, developed an initiative to fund 20 community-based organizations around the country to offer no-cost and low-cost swimming and water safety classes to kids aged 5 to 15.

When a trio of tornados tore through Nebraska this spring, CDC Foundation data survey engineer Andrew Delicata helped prepare an emergency survey so local public health departments could gather info on their residents’ safety and well-being.

In partnership with CDC, the CDC Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the Veteran Suicide Prevention through Effective Evaluation Practice: Veteran Suicide Prevention Program Evaluation Toolkit for use by VSOs and other community-based programs with suicide prevention programs.

By the year 2000, measles was thought to be eradicated in the U.S. But in March 2024, the Chicago Department of Public Health and CDC confirmed that a child had contracted the disease.

In November 2023, people across the U.S. began reporting symptoms associated with food poisoning. The investigation that followed would reveal a Salmonella outbreak in 33 states.