CDC Featured Podcasts

This podcast is about the importance of effective sanitation programs and steps people can take to stay healthy, including proper hand washing.

Protecting our water resources from contamination is a major concern. This podcast emphasizes the importance of private well maintenance and water testing.

This song (sung to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas) describes how to stay safe and healthy during the holidays and all year long.

Give the gift of health and safety to yourself and others by following these holiday tips.

Learn about carbon monoxide - a colorless, odorless gas - and how to protect yourself and your family.

Collecting family history information could save your child's life. Listen to learn more about how knowing your family history information could benefit your entire family.

Aggression is no longer limited to the school yard. New forms of electronic media, such as blogs, instant messaging, chat rooms, email, text messaging, and the internet are providing new arenas for youth violence to occur.

Datos importantes sobre las infecciones por SARM en Estados Unidos, en las escuelas y los entornos médicos. (Title: Staphylococcus aureus resistente a la meticilina (SARM) Created: 10/2007)

As many as 3.8 million sports- and recreation-related concussions are estimated to occur in the United States each year. This podcast is a radio interview with CDC's Dr. Julie Gilchrist on the newly available “Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports” tool kit, which was developed to provide information to coaches, parents, and athletes involved in youth sports on preventing, recognizing, and responding to a concussion.