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Videos that highlight the dangers of tobacco use and secondhand smoke, as well as tools to help middle and high schoolers evaluate media messages.

CDC's Office on Smoking and Health offers information related to smoking and tobacco use.

Scott Fridkin, MD1, James Baggs, PhD1, Ryan Fagan, MD1, Shelley Magill, MD, PhD1, Lori A. Pollack, MD1, Paul Malpiedi, MPH1, Rachel Slayton, PhD1, Karim Khader, PhD2 Michael A. Rubin, MD, PhD2, Makoto Jones, MD1, Matthew H.

This is another in a series of occasional MMWR reports titled CDC Grand Rounds. These reports are based on grand rounds presentations at CDC on high-profile issues in public health science, practice, and policy. Information about CDC Grand Rounds is available at http://www.

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Colin Basler, DVM1, Tony M. Forshey, DVM2, Kimberly Machesky, MPH3, C. Matthew Erdman, DVM, PhD4, Thomas M.

Katherine Gonzales, MPH1, Jim Roeber, MSPH2, Dafna Kanny, PhD3, Annie Tran, MPH4, Cathy Saiki, MS5, Hal Johnson, MPH6, Kristin Yeoman, MD7, Tom Safranek, MD8, Kathleen Creppage, MPH9, Alicia Lepp10, Tracy Miller, MPH10, Nato Tarkhashvili, MD11, Kristine E. Lynch, PhD12, Joanna R. Watson, DPhil13, Danielle Henderson, MPH14, Megan Christenson, MS, MPH15, Sarah Dee Geiger, PhD16 (Author affiliations at end of text).

News and spotlight articles related to Avian Influenza A (H7N9) - CDC

Influenza (flu) is an infection of the nose, throat and lungs caused by the influenza viruses. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. Children younger than 5, but especially children younger than 2 years old, and children and adolescents with chronic health conditions are at greater risk for serious flu complications.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women, but heart disease is preventable and controllable.

On February 3, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr).

The journal Obesity has published a new study online: “Modeling the Potential Public Health Impact of Prepregnancy Obesity on Adverse Fetal and Infant Outcomes.” You can read the article’s abstract here. See below for a summary of the findings from this article.

A special issue of the American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C with a specific focus on teratology?or the study of birth defects and their causes?recently has been published online. Included in this special issue is a new CDC study: “Influencing Clinical Practice Regarding the Use of Antiepileptic Medications During Pregnancy: Modeling the Potential Impact on the Prevalences of Spina Bifida and Cleft Palate in the United States.” You can read the abstract here.

Table I   Summary of provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases, United States, cumulative, week ending February 1, 2014 (5th Week).

Carmen S. Arriola, DVM, PhD1,2, Lynnette Brammer, MPH2, Scott Epperson, MPH2, Lenee Blanton, MPH2, Krista Kniss, MPH2, Desiree Mustaquim, MPH2, Craig Steffens, MPH2, Rosaline Dhara, MPH2, Michelle Leon, MPH2, Alejandro Perez, MPH2, Sandra S. Chaves, MD2, Jackie Katz, PhD2, Teresa Wallis, MS2, Julie Villanueva, PhD2, Xiyan Xu, MD2, Anwar Isa Abd Elal2, Larisa Gubareva, PhD2, Nancy Cox, PhD2, Lyn Finelli, DrPH2, Joseph Bresee, MD2, Michael Jhung MD2 (Author affiliations at end of text).