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On July 29, the Office of the Surgeon General released its Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer (http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/calls/prevent-skin-cancer/index.

Disparities affect many groups of people, including racial and ethnic minorities, residents of rural areas, women, children and adolescents, the elderly, people with disabilities, and the uninsured.

For Parents: What YOU Need to Know about Vaccinating or Choosing Not to

Table I   Summary of provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases, United States, cumulative, week ending August 9, 2014 (32nd Week).

CDC - Stephen B. Thacker Library - Science Clips

Geoff A. Beckett, MPH1, Gilberto Ramirez, MBA1, Aaron Vanderhoff2, Kim Nichols, ScM2, Sara M. Chute, MPP3, David L.

Michele C. Hlavsa, MPH1, Trisha J. Robinson, MPH2, Sarah A.

Julie Gilchrist, MD1, Erin M. Parker, PhD1 (Author affiliations at end of text).

May 19–25, 2014, marks the 10th annual Recreational Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week. This observance highlights ways in which swimmers, parents, pool owners and operators, beach managers, and public health can maximize the health benefits of water-based physical activity, while avoiding water-associated illness and injury.

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.