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The Community Preventive Services Task Force recently posted new information on its website: "Reducing Tobacco Use and Secondhand Smoke Exposure: Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs." The information is available at http://www.thecommunityguide.

Each year, an estimated 2 million persons in the United States are infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and approximately 23,000 die as a result (1). The rise of antibiotic resistance represents a serious threat to human and animal health, national security, and economies worldwide.

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The burden of diabetes and cardiovascular disease among the Canadian First Nation population is disproportionately high compared with the general Canadian population. Continuous monitoring of the diabetes epidemic among the Canadian First Nations population is necessary to inform public health practice. The purpose of the study was to compare the prevalence of diabetes and cardiometabolic conditions in a Manitoba First Nation between 2 periods.

Local health departments (LHDs) are dedicating resources and attention to preventing obesity and associated chronic diseases, thus expanding their work beyond traditional public health activities such as surveillance. This study investigated practices of local health departments in California to prevent obesity and chronic disease.

CDC Releases New Reports on Ebola Cases in Liberia and the United States

Human parainfluenza viruses (HPIVs) belong to the Paramyxoviridae family. There are four types (1 through 4) and two subtypes (4a and 4b) of HPIVs.

Rui Li, PhD1, Sundar S. Shrestha, PhD1, Ruth Lipman, PhD2, Nilka R. Burrows, MPH1, Leslie E.

Donald R. Hopkins, MD1, Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, PhD1, Mark L. Eberhard, PhD2, Sharon L.

Jennifer B. Harris, PhD1,2, Marta Gacic-Dobo, MSc3, Rudolf Eggers, MD3, David W. Brown, DSc4, Samir V.

Andrew Etsano, DLSHTM1, Rajni Gunnala, MD2, Faisal Shuaib, DrPH3, Eunice Damisa, MPH1, Pascal Mkanda, MBBS4, Richard Banda, MPH4, Charles Korir, MA4, Ogu Enemaku, PhD5, Melissa Corkum, MICD5, Samuel Usman, MBBS6, Lora B. Davis, DVM2, Gatei wa Nganda, MSc2, Cara C. Burns, PhD7, Frank Mahoney, MD2, John F.

Lindsey Martin Webb, MPH1, Sheri A. Tubach, MS, MPH1, D. Charles Hunt, MPH1 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Cancer is the leading cause of death among Alaska Native people. The objective of this study was to examine cancer incidence data for 2007–2011, age-specific rates for a 15-year period, incidence trends for 1970–2011, and mortality trends for 1990–2011.