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Links to federal government agency and organization websites.

Milestone Tracker Mobile App

Milestones matter! Track your child’s milestones from age 2 months to 5 years with the Center for Disease Control’s easy-to-use illustrated checklists; get tips for encouraging your child’s development; and find out what to do if you are ever concerned about how your child is developing.

Milestones in Action

Milestones in Action is a FREE image library that features photos and videos of children demonstrating developmental milestones from 2 months to 5 years of age. This tool was created to help parents, early care and education providers, and healthcare providers identify developmental milestones in children and know if there is cause for concern.

Million Hearts® Initiative

Heart disease and stroke are two of the leading causes of death in the United States. Million Hearts® brings together communities, health systems, nonprofit organizations, federal agencies, and private-sector partners from across the country to fight heart disease and stroke.

Mpox resources and vaccine at Indian Health Service (IHS)”

Multi-Site Gram-negative Surveillance Initiative

Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Poona Infections Linked to Imported Cucumbers

CDC, multiple states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Poona infections linked to imported cucumbers from Mexico and distributed by Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce. Public health investigators are using the PulseNet system to identify illnesses that may be part of this outbreak. PulseNet, the national subtyping network of public health and food regulatory agency laboratories, is coordinated by CDC. DNA "fingerprinting" is performed on Salmonella bacteria isolated from ill people by using a technique called Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, or PFGE. PulseNet manages a national database of these DNA “fingerprints” to identify possible outbreaks. Three DNA “fingerprints” (outbreak strains) are included in this investigation.

My Family Health Portrait

Using My Family Health Portrait you can enter your family health history, learn about your risk for conditions that can run in families, print your family health history to share with family or your health care provider and save your family health history so you can update it over time.

National Action Alliance

National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System

This national public health surveillance system tracks changes in the antimicrobial susceptibility of certain enteric (intestinal) bacteria found in ill people, retail meats, and food animals in the United States.

National Asthma Control Initiative

By working with Strategic Partners, Demonstration Projects, and Clinical Champions, the NACI has shown how to put asthma guidelines into action at home, school, work, health care settings, and the community.

National Asthma Education and Prevention Program

The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) was initiated in March 1989 to address the growing problem of asthma in the United States. The NAEPP is administered and coordinated by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).

National Center for Environmental Health

The National Center for Environmental Health is working to prevent illness, disability, and death from interactions between people and the environment. By providing information, fact sheets, and resources on similar topics, they are safeguarding the health of populations that are particularly vulnerable to certain environmental hazards - children, the elderly, and people with disabilities.

National Center for Health Statistics

The mission of the National Center for Health Statistics is to provide statistical information that will guide actions and policies to improve the health of the American people. As the Nation's principal health statistics agency, it leads the way with accurate, relevant, and timely data

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

This website provides a wealth of information on injury prevention including saving lives and protecting people, prescription drug overdose, traumatic brain injury, motor vehicle safety, violence prevention, home and recreational safety, data and statistics, funded programs, press room, and more.

National Center for Patient Safety

The Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Patient Safety was established in 1999 to develop and nurture a culture of safety throughout the Veterans Health Administration. We are part of the VA Office of Quality, Safety and Value. Our goal is the nationwide reduction and prevention of inadvertent harm to patients as a result of their care.

National CHEMPACK Program

The Stockpile that may protect you from a chemical attack.

National Cholesterol Education Month

September is National Cholesterol Education Month, a good time to get your blood cholesterol checked and take steps to lower it if it is high. National Cholesterol Education Month is also a good time to learn about lipid profiles and about food and lifestyle choices that help you reach personal cholesterol goals. On this web page you will find some information about cholesterol and a summary of CDC programs that address cholesterol across the country. You will also find a few fact sheets and publications about cholesterol, as well as links to useful consumer and health care provider information on our partner Web sites.

National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program

Environmental Public Health Tracking is the ongoing collection, integration, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of data from environmental hazard monitoring, and from human exposure and health effects surveillance.

National Healthcare Safety Network

National Healthcare Safety Network is a secure surveillance system widely used in tracking healthcare-associated infection. NHSN provides facilities, states, regions, and the nation with data needed to identify problem areas, measure the progress of prevention efforts, and ultimately eliminate healthcare-associated infections.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

NHTSA was established by the Highway Safety Act of 1970 and is dedicated to achieving the highest standards of excellence in motor vehicle and highway safety. It works daily to help prevent crashes and their attendant costs, both human and financial.

National Immunization Survey

The NIS is a list-assisted random-digit-dialing telephone survey followed by a mailed survey to children’s immunization providers that began data collection in April 1994 to monitor childhood immunization coverage.

National Influenza Vaccination Week

This page on the Center for Disease Control website contains information about national awareness week focused on highlighting the importance of influenza vaccination.

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

NIOSH is the US federal agency that conducts research and makes recommendations to prevent worker injury and illness.

National Institute of Mental Health

The mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

NIAAA supports and conducts research on the impact of alcohol use on human health and well-being. It is the largest funder of alcohol research in the world.

National Institute on Drug Abuse

NIDA's mission is to lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction.

National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health is the nation’s medical research agency—making important discoveries that improve health and save lives. This website includes useful information, online tools, and resources on related topics.

National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) Suicide Prevention Information

A helpful set of information and resources provided by the National Institute of Mental Health.

National Organization of State Office of Rural Health

National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health

National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities

Our mission is to increase the effectiveness of programs that target the elimination of health disparities through the coordination of partners, leaders, and stakeholders committed to action.

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse and medications.

National Rural Health Resource Center

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Website

National Survey on Drug Use & Health

SAMHSA, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's lead agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.

National Take Back Drug Day

National Take Back Initiative Site Search

The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. Use this tool to locate a site near you!

National Vital Statistics System

The National Vital Statistics System is the oldest and most successful example of inter-governmental data sharing in Public Health and the shared relationships, standards, and procedures form the mechanism by which the National Vital Statistics System collects and disseminates the Nation's official vital statistics. These data are provided through contracts between National Vital Statistics System and vital registration systems operated in the various jurisdictions legally responsible for the registration of vital events – births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and fetal deaths.

National Voluntary Accreditation for Public Health Departments

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson FoundationExternal Web Site Icon, is supporting the implementation of a national voluntary accreditation program for state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments.

National Woman, Infants & Children Program

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.

Nationally Notifiable Infectious Diseases and Conditions, United States: Weekly Tables

NIEHS Kids

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences provides information about asthma and how to control environmental triggers.

NM Primary Care Association

NM Rural Hospital Network

NMConnect App Video

NMConnect App for quick access to the NM Crisis and Access Line services and resources

Noncriminal Justice Applicant’s Privacy Rights

As an applicant who is the subject of a national fingerprint-based criminal history record check for a noncriminal justice purpose you have certain rights which are discussed here.

Norovirus and Working with Food

Norovirus is a highly contagious virus that can make you very sick with diarrhea, throwing up, and stomach pain. Anyone who works with food should know about this virus. Foods contaminated with Norovirus can make people sick! Norovirus is the leading cause of illness and outbreaks from contaminated food in the United States. The virus can easily contaminate food because it is very tiny and infective. It only takes a very small amount of virus particles (as few as 18) to make someone sick.

Norovirus Information Video

This short video explains what norovirus is, how it is spread, groups that are at high risk for severe disease and how you can protect yourself and loved ones from getting it.

Norovirus Multimedia

This page features Norovirus podcasts, videos, infographics, web widgets, and more.

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