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- 1From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 61, Issue 19)TABLE I. Provisional cases of infrequently reported notifiable diseases (<1,000 cases reported during the preceding year)--United States, week ending May 12, 2012 (19th week) * 5-year Current Cum weekly Disease week...
- 2From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 61, Issue 19)This month marks the 17th anniversary of Hepatitis Awareness Month and the first National Hepatitis Testing Day in the United States. In 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) developed a...
- 3From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 61, Issue 19)May 21-27, 2012, marks the eighth annual Recreational Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week. This observance highlights simple steps swimmers and pool operators can take to reduce health and safety risks at pools,...
- 4From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 61, Issue 19)In January 2012, completion of polio eradication was declared a programmatic emergency for global public health by the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) (1). Despite major progress since the launch...
- 5From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 61, Issue 19)Drowning is a leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide, and the highest rates are among children (1). Overall, drowning death rates in the United States have declined in the last decade; however, drowning...
- 6From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 61, Issue 19)Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are important causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Because HBV and HCV are transmitted efficiently percutaneously, possible transmission...
- 7From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 61, Issue 19)In 2010, approximately 22,000 passenger vehicle occupants (excluding motorcyclists) died in motor vehicle crashes in the United States, representing 67% of all motor vehicle crash deaths (1). An additional 2.7 million...
- 8From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 61, Issue 19)Between February 2009 and November 2011, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) was notified of acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections occurring in residents of four separate assisted living facilities (ALFs) in the...
- 9From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 61, Issue 19)Vol. 61, No. 17 In the announcement, "Living Well with Chronic Illness: A Call for Public Action," on page 312, an error occurred. The title of the report was incomplete; the full title is Living Well with Chronic...
- 10From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 61, Issue 19)During the summer of 2007, Utah experienced a statewide outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused by Cryptosporidium, a parasite transmitted via the fecal-oral route. Approximately 5,700 outbreak-related cases were...
- 11From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 61, Issue 19)During November 2010, Wisconsin Division of Public Health (DPH) staff members noted the number of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections reported annually among persons aged <30 years in six contiguous rural counties of...