CDC presents a library of podcasts, or digital audio and video files, designed to deliver health information in a convenient and enjoyable format. You can listen to or view the podcasts from the CDC Web page. The files also may be copied to your computer desktop and to a mobile device, like an iPod, Zune or other portable player. For CDC, podcasting is a unique opportunity to share information on a variety of subjects while allowing listeners to select specific topics relevant to them. Looking for information on flu vaccines? Want to learn more about the benefits of washing your hands? Check out the most popular CDC podcasts!
Listen to and/or view at your leisure and on the go. If you choose to copy the files to your computer, you can play them using software like iTunes, Zune, iPodder, Juice, or a number of other players available on the Internet. Sign up for various CDC podcast subscriptions and keep updated on current health and safety issues—even automatically retrieve the most recent podcasts.
You can search or browse a variety of health-related subjects available to you at any time through the CDC podcast online library. Each podcast promotes health and safety in an exciting and accessible format. New podcasts are frequently available, many in Spanish, and all are accessible to people with disabilities.
The most frequently played podcast provides key facts on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a hot topic for school officials and parents as well as healthcare professionals. Other popular podcasts cover a wide variety of health and safety topics.
1. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
2. History of Bioterrorism: Anthrax
4. Emergence of Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
5. Adult Falls, 5-minute version and 1-minute version
6. Wash Your Hands If You Pet That Bunny, 7-minute version and 1-minute version
7. Get Your Mammogram! 6-minute version and 1-minute version
8. 2007-2008 Influenza Vaccine Production and Distribution
9. Kids Teaching Kids… Clean Hands Save Lives!
10. Telephone Surveys and Your Health, 5-minute version and 1-minute version