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Dental visits represent an opportunity to identify and help patients quit smoking, yet dental settings remain an untapped venue for treatment of tobacco dependence. The purpose of this analysis was to assess factors that may influence patterns of tobacco-use–related practice among a national sample of dental providers.

Reporting Requirements and Tracking Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Health Care Personnel in Your Long-Term Care Facility - CDC

The Importance of Influenza Vaccination for Health Care Personnel in Long-term Care - CDC

Who is Considered Health Care Personnel? - CDC

The sixth annual World Pneumonia Day is being observed November 12, 2014, to raise awareness about pneumonia's toll and to promote interventions to protect against, treat, and prevent the disease globally. The United States has made great strides in protecting children from the serious, and sometimes deadly, effects of pneumonia through recent vaccination efforts. Tennessee, for example, is experiencing historically low rates of pneumonia hospitalizations in children aged <2 years since pneumococcal conjugate vaccines were introduced in 2000 (1).

Jack Caravanos, DrPH1, Richard Fuller2, Stephan Robinson, PhD3 (Author affiliations at end of text).

On November 4, 2014, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr).