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Learn about medications and pregnancy.

Leandris C. Liburd, PhD1.

Meet the real people in CDC's graphic new ads. They want to be your reason to quit smoking for good.

Drought is a natural phenomenon in which rainfall is lower than average for an extended period of time. Periods of drought can result in inadequate water supply and can lead to public health problems. Take action and learn how drought can impact your health and the health of your family.

The Community Preventive Services Task Force posted new information about two recommendations on its website: 1) Promoting Health Equity Through Education Programs and Policies: High School Completion Programs, available at http://www.thecommunityguide.org/healthequity/education/highschoolcompletion.

Breastfeeding rates continue to rise in the United States. Professional breastfeeding support can help mothers start and continue breastfeeding

Table 2 listed on pages 703–15 summarizes finalized data, as of June 30, 2014, from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) for 2013. These data will be published in more detail next year in the Summary of Notifiable Diseases — United States, 2013 (1). Because no cases were reported in the United States during 2013, the following diseases do not appear in these early release tables: anthrax; diphtheria; eastern equine encephalitis, nonneuroinvasive disease; poliovirus infection, nonparalytic; severe acute respiratory syndrome–associated coronavirus disease (SARS-CoV); smallpox; St.

Edith N. Nyangoma, MD1,2, Carmen Sofia Arriola, PhD1,3, Jose Hagan, MD1,4, Christina Socias, DrPH1,5, Sara Tomczyk, MSc1,6, Louise Francois Watkins, MD1,6, Matthew Westercamp, PhD1,6, Curi Kim, MD7 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Lisa A. Grohskopf, MD1, Sonja J. Olsen, PhD1, Leslie Z.

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recently posted new information on its website: "Increasing Appropriate Vaccination: Immunization Information Systems." The information is available at http://www.thecommunityguide.