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- 1From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 62, Issue 46)On August 23, 2013, the Georgia Poison Center was notified of eight persons examined in an emergency department in Brunswick, Georgia, after smoking or inhaling fumes from synthetic cannabinoids. The Georgia Poison...
- 2From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 62, Issue 46)During January and February 2012, state and local public health agencies in West Virginia and Idaho, with assistance from facility staff members and CDC, investigated outbreaks of unexplained respiratory illness...
- 3From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 62, Issue 46)Vol. 62, No. 45 In the report, "Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students--United States, 2011 and 2012," an error occurred in the first paragraph on pages 893 and 894. The sixth sentence of that...
- 4From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 62, Issue 46)Since 2012, transmission of indigenous wild poliovirus (WPV) has been limited to three countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria (1). This report describes polio eradication activities and progress in Afghanistan...
- 5From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 62, Issue 46)In March 2012, a Salvadoran-American boy aged 7 years living in Maryland developed three slightly painful, well-demarcated, flat, gray-brown patches on his torso. A dermatologist in Washington, DC, suspected a fixed...
- 6From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 62, Issue 46)Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable mortality in the world (1). Article 14 of the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) states that countries should promote cessation...
- 7From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 62, Issue 46)Pakistan is one of three countries where transmission of indigenous wild poliovirus (WPV) has never been interrupted (1). This report describes polio eradication activities and progress in Pakistan during January...
- 8From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 62, Issue 46)Lead is a toxic metal that damages blood cells, the kidneys, the cardiovascular system, and the developing nervous system. The risk for lead exposure causing subsequent cognitive and neurobehavioral deficits is...
- 9From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 62, Issue 46)TABLE I. Provisional cases of infrequently reported notifiable diseases (<1,000 cases reported during the preceding year) -- United States, week ending November 16, 2013 (46th week) * Current Cum 5-year Disease week...