Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

In October 2017, at the request of a Missouri bullet manufacturing, CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health conducted a health hazard evaluation to determine routes and extent of lead exposure. Their findings indicated elevated blood lead levels among almost all employees and air lead conentrations below federal guidelines and recommended a workplace lead control program be used.

Although three out of four health care workers are getting their annual flu vaccination, there are still health care workers who are vulnerable to flu and its potentially serious complications.

Many pregnant women are unvaccinated, and they and their babies continue to be vulnerable to influenza and pertussis infection and potentially serious complications, including hospitalization and death.

Aspergillus fumigatus strains resistant to all triazole antifungal medications are emerging in the United States in patients and the environment.

In October 2017, the New York State Department of Health was alerted by Albany-area infectious disease physicians about local cases of blastomycosis that included multiple severe infections in the state health department's Capital District, an area where Blastomyces spp. fungi are not considered endemic.

CDC analyzed 2008-2016 Global Adult Tobacco Survey data from 28 countries to assess tobacco smoking prevalence, quit attempts, and knowledge about tobacco smoking risks among persons aged ≥15 years.

In the United States, men who have sex with men (MSM), including those with human immunodeficiency virus infection, have higher rates of meningococcal disease. Identifying MSM among patients with meningococcal disease can help to better understand the incidence of this disease among MSM.

During 1999-2016, age-adjusted death rates from unintentional falls among adults aged ≥65 years increased 110% from 29.4 to 61.6 per 100,000 according to the National Vita Statistics System.

In a review of California mothers of infants with pertussis in 2016, mothers who were offered tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular (Tdap) vaccination on-site during a routine prenatal visit were more likely to be vaccinated than were mothers who were referred off-site for vaccination, highlighting the need to incorporate Tdap vaccination into routine prenatal care to reduce access barriers.

In September 2018, the first case of an outbreak of monkeypox was reported in Nigeria, which likely resulted from a complex intersection of events and required a robust outbreak response collaboration among human, animal, and environmental health institutions.

CDC analyzed national data on HIV diagnoses to examine age-associated trends in diagnosis and prevalence of HIV among gay and bisexual men during 2008-2016.

September 27, 2018, is observed as National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day to bring attention to the ongoing and disproportionate impact of HIV and AIDS on gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in the United States.

As the proportion of older adults in the United States continues to grow rapidly, public health can help enhance health and well-being by promoting recommended clinical preventive services and encouraging earlier disease detection and care planning, including discussing any concerns about memory loss with a health care provider.

A multistate investigation of an outbreak of human multidrug-resistant Campylobacter infections during 2017-2018 was linked to contact with pet store puppies.

This bar chart shows the percentage of residential care community residents with a fall by U.S. Census region in 2016 according to the data collected by the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers.

CDC researchers estimate that chronic pain affects approximately 50 million U.S. adults, and high-impact chronic pain affects approximately 20 million adults.

The Indian Council of Medical Research and the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare initiated laboratory-supported surveillance for congenital rubella syndrome in five sentinel sites in November 2016.

In the report "Notes from the Field: Respiratory Symptoms and Skin Irritation Among Hospital Workers Using a New Disinfection Product - Pennsylvania, 2015," in the fourth paragraph, the fourth sentence should have read "Full-shift air sample results for hydrogen peroxide ranged from

An outbreak of 12 mumps cases (five confirmed and seven probable) in five counties was identified in persons who were nonathlete participants or attendees at three cheerleading competitions or were household contacts of mumps patients. This outbreak is the first documented report of mumps transmission during a sporting event with the majority of cases occurring in nonathlete participants or attendees.

This bar chart shows the age-adjusted death rate for lung cancer by urbanization of county of residence from 2006 to 2106 according to the National Vital Statistics System.

In May 2018, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment was notified by Children's Hospital Colorado of an increase in pediatric cases of meningitis and encephalitis, in which patients tested positive for enterovirus, which can cause hand, foot, and mouth disease and neurologic disease in children aged

September is recognized as Pain Awareness Month, when organizations have the opportunity to raise awareness of how pain affects persons, families, communities, and the nation and work to support national action to address pain.

This analysis is the first to examine the subgroup differences in sexual risk behaviors among students who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or who are unsure of their sexual identity.

This report shows that the rate of repeat births for females aged 15-19 years significantly declined in both rural and urban counties.

Delamanid, a nitro-imidazole, is a new tuberculosis (TB) drug developed to address some of the adverse reactions and related adherence difficulties associated with currently available mediations for treating drug-resistant TB. A patient with extensively drug-resistant TB was successfully treated in 2017.

Poliovirus containment requires global participation and is important to ensure polio is not reintroduced into the population after polio eradication.

An analysis of preventable hospitalization and emergency department and death data provides a comprehensive picture of the number of preventable CVD events that have occurred at the national and state levels.

An analysis of preventable hospitalization, emergency department, and death data provides a comprehensive picture of the number of preventable cardiovascular disease events that occurred at the national and state levels.

Health departments need to be prepared for and adapt to emerging public health challenges such as the 2015-2016 Zika virus epidemic.

Each September, CDC, along with 3,000 global, national, regional, and local governments, as well as private and public health institutions, supports emergency preparedness efforts and encourages U.S. residents to take action before, during, and after an emergency.

During 2015-2016, in the United States, there were 13.7 million youths (18.5%) with obesity, including 4.2 million youths (5.6%) with severe obesity.

In 2009, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was given the authority to regulate the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of tobacco products.

In July 2017, a woman aged 65 years was evaluated at a hospital emergency department in Maine for an approximately 10-cm area of necrosis on her left lower leg identified as likely skin and soft tissue infection.

Dadaab Refugee camp in Garissa County, Kenya, hosts nearly 340,000 refugees in five subcamps (Dagahaley, Hagadera, Ifo, Ifo2, and Kambioos).

During the past few decades, wide disparities in tobacco product use have been documented among the largest racial/ethnic groups in the United States; however, little is known about tobacco product use among youths from racial/ethnic groups other than whites, blacks, and Hispanics.

August 31, 2018, is International Overdose Awareness Day, a global event to raise awareness that death from drug overdose is preventable.

In 2016, 63,632 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States, 42,249 (66.4%) of which involved opioids.

In May 2017, the Alaska Section of Epidemiology (SOE) was notified of an Anchorage resident with laboratory-confirmed mumps who reported exposure to an out-of-state visitor with mumps-like symptoms.

In January 2017, two local health departments notified the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) of three cases of coccidioidomycosis among workers constructing a solar power installation (solar farm) in southeastern Monterey County. Coccidioidomycosis, or Valley fever, is an infection caused by inhalation of the soil-dwelling fungus Coccidioides, which is endemic in the southwestern United States, including California.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a known cause of cervical cancer, as well as some oropharyngeal, vulvar, vaginal, penile, and anal cancers. To assess trends, characterized by average annual percent change (AAPC), in HPV-associated cancer incidence during 1999-2015, CDC analyzed data from cancer registries covering 97.8% of the U.S. population

In 2016, the infant mortality rate in the United States was 5.87 infant deaths per 1,000 live births.

In 2017, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists performed its sixth periodic Epidemiology Capacity Assessment, a national assessment that evaluates trends in workforce size, funding, and epidemiology capacity among state health departments.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends routine vaccination of persons aged 11-12 years with human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MenACWY), and tetanus and reduced diphtheria toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap).

The opioid epidemic affects multiple segments of the U.S. population.

August 20-24, 2018, marks the fifth annual Contact Lens Health Week.

Persons with disabilities face greater barriers to health care than do those without disabilities.

Contact lenses, when worn and cared for properly, are a safe and effective form of vision correction used by an estimated 45 million Americans.

Several countries in Europe and Australia are reporting an increasing incidence of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W (NmW) as a consequence of the rapid expansion of a single NmW clone belonging to clonal complex 11.

Ensuring access to and promoting use of effective contraception have been identified as important strategies for preventing unintended pregnancy.

In recent decades, public health awareness of health disparities among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations has increased.