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CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention David J. Sencer CDC Museum

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention David J. Sencer CDC Museum

En honor al Mes Nacional de Prevención de los Defectos de Nacimiento, haga un PACTO para estar sana —física y mentalmente— antes de quedar embarazada y durante el embarazo para aumentar sus probabilidades de tener un bebé sano.

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention David J. Sencer CDC Museum

The public health community plays an important role in protecting young people from the harms of indoor tanning.

No woman should die of cervical cancer. The most important thing you can do to help prevent cervical cancer is to get screened regularly starting at age 21.

You can help protect yourself and others from non-polio enterovirus infections by washing your hands and disinfecting surfaces. There is no specific treatment for non-polio enterovirus infection.

Pregnant women have a greater chance of being infected if they do not have immunity (protection) from previous exposures to non-polio enteroviruses.

Polio vaccine info for parents, public, and healthcare professionals

On December 12, 2014, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr).

Updates on the latest findings, reports, and news about lab safety at CDC

Most US smokers do not use evidence-based interventions as part of their quit attempts. Quitlines and Web-based treatments may contribute to reductions in population-level tobacco use if successfully promoted. Currently, few states implement sustained media campaigns to promote services and increase adult smoking cessation. This study examines the effects of Florida’s tobacco cessation media campaign and a nationally funded media campaign on telephone quitline and Web-based registrations for cessation services from November 2010 through September 2013.

The 2 articles by Urban and colleagues published this week in Preventing Chronic Disease report 15-year trends in sodium, trans fat, and saturated fat, 3 food components associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease and obesity, in frequently ordered meal items (French fries, cheeseburgers, grilled chicken sandwiches, and regular cola) from leading US national fast food chain restaurants.