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Smoking quitlines are an effective tobacco cessation intervention.
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Tobacco Cessation Among Users of Telephone and Web-Based Interventions — Four States, 2011–2012
More than one in three cancer deaths in the United States are tobacco related, making tobacco cessation a high public health priority. CDC conducted a survey of users of telephone-based and Web-based cessation services in four states to determine the cessation success of users of these interventions. This report summarizes the results of that survey.
MMWR Recommendations and Reports
September 26, 2014 / Vol. 63 / No. RR–6
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Updated Preparedness and Response Framework for Influenza Pandemics
CDC has updated its framework to describe influenza pandemic progression using six intervals (two prepandemic and four pandemic intervals) and eight domains. This updated framework can be used for influenza pandemic planning and has been aligned with the pandemic phases restructured in 2013 by the World Health Organization.
MMWR Surveillance Summaries
December 19, 2014 / Vol. 63 / No. SS–14
HIV Risk, Prevention, and Testing Behaviors Among Heterosexuals at Increased Risk for HIV Infection — National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, 21 U.S. Cities, 2010
Heterosexual sex is the second most common route of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the United States. The National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System (NHBS) collects HIV prevalence and risk behavior data from three populations at high risk for HIV infection: men who have sex with men, injecting drug users, and heterosexuals at increased risk for HIV infection. This report summarizes data from the second NHBS data collection cycle among heterosexuals at increased risk for HIV, which was conducted during June–December 2010.
MMWR Summary of Notifiable Diseases
September 19, 2014 / Vol. 61 / No. 53
Summary of Notifiable Diseases — United States, 2012
Health-care providers in the United States are required to report certain infectious diseases to a specified state or local authority. A disease is designated as notifiable if timely information about individual cases is considered necessary for prevention and control of the disease. Each year, CDC publishes a summary of the cases of notifiable disease reported for the most recent year for which data is available. This report presents a summary of notifiable diseases for 2012.
MMWR Supplements
October 31, 2014 / Vol. 63 / Supplement / No. 4
CDC National Health Report: Leading Causes of Morbidity and Mortality and Associated Behavioral Risk and Protective Factors—United States, 2005–2013
This MMWR Supplement presents data related to disease patterns across the United States and describes recent national trends in health status. Although the United States has made overall progress in improving public health and increasing life expectancy, progress has been slow, and in some aspects of health, change has not occurred or trends are not favorable.
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