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Seasonal Flu Vaccine Safety and Pregnant Women - CDC

Negar Niki Alami, MD1, Courtney M. Yuen, PhD1, Roque Miramontes, MPH2, Robert Pratt2, Sandy F. Price2, Thomas R.

Esophageal cancer prevention strategies include avoiding risk factors like alcohol and tobacco. Learn more about risk factors and possible protective factors for esophageal cancer in this expert-reviewed summary.

Endometrial cancer prevention strategies include avoiding risk factors when possible and increasing protective factors that may help prevent cancer. Learn more about known risk and protective factors and approaches to prevent endometrial cancer in this expert-reviewed summary.

The Community Preventive Services Task Force has posted new information online regarding prevention of skin cancer. Recommendations are offered regarding interventions for child care centers, primary and middle schools, high schools and colleges, outdoor occupational or recreational and tourism settings, and mass media and multicomponent communitywide campaigns. Summaries and links to the individual recommendations are available at http://www.

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recently posted new information on its website: "Use of Motorcycle Helmets: Universal Helmet Laws." The task force recommends universal motorcycle helmet laws (laws that apply to all motorcycle operators and passengers) based on strong evidence of effectiveness. Evidence indicates that universal helmet laws increase helmet use, decrease motorcycle-related fatal and nonfatal injuries, and are substantially more effective than no law or only partial motorcycle helmet laws.

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Persons using assistive technology might not be able to fully access information in this file. For assistance, please send e-mail to: mmwrq@cdc.gov.

Jennifer N. Lind, PharmD1,2, Cria G. Perrine, PhD2, Ruowei Li, MD2, Kelley S.

This guide addresses the effectiveness of community-based interventions for three strategies to promote tobacco use prevention and control.