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The new Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings

Kathleen L. Dooling, MD1,2; Karrie-Ann Toews, MPH1; Lauri A. Hicks, DO1; Laurel E.

The Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program is committed to the Healthy People goal of eliminating elevated blood lead levels in children by 2020. CDC continues to assist state and local childhood lead poisoning prevention programs, to provide a scientific basis for policy decisions, and to ensure that health issues are addressed in decisions about housing and the environment.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. All women ages 50 to 74, including women with disabilities, should have a screening mammogram every two years as an important way to lower the risk of dying from breast cancer.

Recommendations for routine use of vaccines in children, adolescents, and adults are developed by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). ACIP is chartered as a federal advisory committee to provide expert external advice and guidance to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on use of vaccines and related agents for the control of vaccine-preventable diseases in the civilian population of the United States. Recommendations for routine use of vaccines in children and adolescents are harmonized to the greatest extent possible with recommendations made by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).

Gateway to Health Communication and Social Marketing Practice - CDCynergy Lite, evaluation

CDC's Vaccine Safety website. Resources and information about the safety of specific vaccines, vaccine side effects, and vaccine safety research.

Studying workers’ sizes and shapes and how they perform tasks can prevent injury on the job. CDC offers manufacturers, employers, and others with research and important resources for improving the workspaces, machines, vehicles, and personal protective equipment of workers.

Mmakgomo Mimi Raesima, MD1; Sara E. Forhan, MD2; Andrew C. Voetsch, PhD2; Shannon Hewitt3; Susan Hariri, PhD4; Susan A.