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Edith N. Nyangoma, MD1,2, Carmen Sofia Arriola, PhD1,3, Jose Hagan, MD1,4, Christina Socias, DrPH1,5, Sara Tomczyk, MSc1,6, Louise Francois Watkins, MD1,6, Matthew Westercamp, PhD1,6, Curi Kim, MD7 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Ellen Andresen, MSc1, Oleg O. Bilukha, MD2, Zeray Menkir, MPH3, Megan Gayford, MPH1, Millicent Kavosa1, Mulugeta Wtsadik1, Gidraf Maina, MPH1, Mesfin Gose, MSc4, Irene Nyagucha, MSc5, Cyrus Shahpar, MD2 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Table 2 listed on pages 703–15 summarizes finalized data, as of June 30, 2014, from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) for 2013. These data will be published in more detail next year in the Summary of Notifiable Diseases — United States, 2013 (1). Because no cases were reported in the United States during 2013, the following diseases do not appear in these early release tables: anthrax; diphtheria; eastern equine encephalitis, nonneuroinvasive disease; poliovirus infection, nonparalytic; severe acute respiratory syndrome–associated coronavirus disease (SARS-CoV); smallpox; St.

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

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

On August 5, 2014, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr).

CDC's Division of Human Development and Disability has recently updated its Disability and Health Data System (DHDS), a web-based data tool (available at http://dhds.cdc.gov) providing state-level data on the health of adults with disabilities in the United States.

Jared B. Fox, PhD1, Frederic E. Shaw, MD, JD2 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Sheila Arbury, MPH1, Brenda Jacklitsch, MS2, Opeyemi Farquah3, Michael Hodgson, MD4, Glenn Lamson, MS5, Heather Martin, MSPH3, Audrey Profitt, MPH6 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Bullying doesn’t just happen to the smallest kid in the class. Bullies target those who seem to be less powerful or not as strong. Bullies also often target children who seem "different".