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New, unfamiliar, and mysterious threats to our health are scary. At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - where we identify, on average, one new health threat each year - we work around the clock with an approach that prioritizes finding out what we need to know as fast as we can to protect Americans. Tom Frieden americanapproachaverage share on social
Zika is spread by mosquitos. They are tough to control. It will bite four or five people at one blood meal. They can breed in the amount of water it takes to fill up a bottle cap or, theoretically, even a drop of water. You have to get rid of maybe 90% of them or more before you protect people. Tom Frieden amountbiteblood share on social
E-cigarettes are a tobacco product. Tom Frieden cigaretteproducttobacco Change image and share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social
I think Tom Frieden, the CDC director, is a good man, is a good doctor and, I think, basically has done a good job. Phil Gingrey basicallycdcdirector Change image and share on social