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April is Autism Awareness Month. Learn about CDC's new training to help health practitioners identify autism and provide quality care.

Learn to control your asthma.

Vaccinate your child against rotavirus, a major cause of severe diarrhea.

Can you imagine a day when antibiotics don’t work anymore? It’s concerning to think that the antibiotics that we depend upon for everything from skin and ear infections to life-threatening bloodstream infections could no longer work. Unfortunately, the threat of untreatable infections is very real.

The fight against polio has been part of CDC’s mission since the 1950s, and the global push to eradicate polio is just the latest chapter in CDC’s polio efforts

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CDC Vital Signs - Preventing Pregnancies in Younger Teens

Measles is a highly contagious disease. It can be serious for young children. Protect child by making sure he or she is up to date on vaccinations, including before traveling abroad.

A chart of recommended available 2014-15 influenza vaccines by type and manufacturer - CDC

Overview of febrile seizures, what causes them, and how serious they are.

About influenza prevention for travelers - CDC

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The recommendations were developed jointly under the auspices of CDC's Division of Reproductive Health (DRH) and the Office of Population Affairs (OPA), in consultation with a wide range of experts and key stakeholders. A multistage process that drew on established procedures for developing clinical guidelines (1,2) was used to develop the recommendations. In April 2010, an Expert Work Group (EWG) comprising family planning clinical providers, program administrators, representatives from relevant federal agencies, and representatives from professional medical organizations was created to advise OPA and CDC on the structure and content of the revised recommendations and to help make the recommendations more feasible and relevant to the needs of the field.