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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.

If you plan to travel to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup, follow these recommendations to stay safe and healthy.

In response to the illness and death caused by preventable chronic diseases, the US Department of Health and Human Services created Communities Putting Prevention to Work to support community efforts in tackling tobacco use and obesity through policy, systems, and environmental change. As part of this program, 10 national nonprofit organizations with prevention expertise were funded and matched with specific community objectives. Most tobacco and obesity-related matched objectives were successfully accomplished by communities. Public–private partnerships should be considered when addressing chronic disease prevention.

View Start Talking. Stop HIV. campaign videos and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage featuring 37 gay and bisexual men who share their experiences communicating with their sexual partners about HIV.

Keep your cool when the weather gets warm.

On July 1, 2014, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr).