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When you think about the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), images of wide-spread viruses or other diseases enter your mind. Why? Usually, you only hear about them when the public is under threat of some wide-spread, disastrous illness like AIDS, ebola or the super bug. It makes everyone forget that the CDC acts as a health agent in general for the public.

This agency is constantly looking for new ways to help the general public stay and get healthy. Now, they’ve concocted a new way to do it using modern day technology and a timeless tradition. The CDC has created its own brand of e-cards.

These e-cards allow the CDC to continue their role in promoting the general health of the public. It’s part of a comprehensive program that compliments their current website and pamphlets. All of these avenues give the user information on a variety of subjects related to health. Yet, the e-cards are the most specific.

The e-cards created by the CDC are free, colorful and multi-ethnic. They’re also geared towards people of every age. However, within all of this diversity, they have one focus – a specific health topic that threatens the general public.

Out of the 12 available e-cards, in general, you can get three main messages. First, get vaccinated for the flue. Second, quit smoking. And, third, stay healthy in 2008. The last and final message is a reminder about World Aid’s Day.

The messages come in cute catch-phrases on the cover of the cards. However, once the receiver opens them up, they have links to CDC pages that give specific information on how to stay healthy and/or about the specific health topic. The web page regarding general health gives details on how to stay warm, stress-free and clean in order to keep yourself healthy throughout the holiday season and also in 2008. All you have to do is “scroll” down to the data and “click.”

The great news about these e-cards is that you can send them to yourself and also friends. You can even add your own message. It’s an easy way to end the holiday season on a positive note and start 2008 on a healthy one.

Check out the CDC’s latest production. Then, pick out one that suits you and a few people you know who need to stay or get healthy. It’ll be the best new year’s greeting you’ve sent in a long time.