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Y. Omar Whiteside, PhD1, Stacy M. Cohen, MPH1, Heather Bradley, PhD1, Jacek Skarbinski, MD1, H.

Philip J. Peters, MD1, Cindy Gay, MD2, Steve Beagle3, Anupama Shankar, MS1, William M. Switzer, MPH1, Lisa B.

Robert T. Perry, MD1, Marta Gacic-Dobo, MSc1, Alya Dabbagh, PhD1, Mick N. Mulders, PhD1, Peter M.

On February 4, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr).

MMWR – Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report CDC public health news, press releases, government public health news, medical and disease news, story ideas, photos.

Table I   Summary of provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases, United States, cumulative, week ending February 1, 2014 (5th Week).

Erin K. Sauber-Schatz, PhD1, Bethany A. West, MPH1, Gwen Bergen, PhD1 (Author affiliations at end of text).

A special issue of the American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C with a specific focus on teratology?or the study of birth defects and their causes?recently has been published online. Included in this special issue is a new CDC study: “Influencing Clinical Practice Regarding the Use of Antiepileptic Medications During Pregnancy: Modeling the Potential Impact on the Prevalences of Spina Bifida and Cleft Palate in the United States.” You can read the abstract here.

The journal Pediatrics has published a new CDC article: "Maternal Smoking and Congenital Heart Defects in the Baltimore-Washington Infant Study". You can read the abstract of the article here. Following is a summary of the findings from this article.

The journal Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety has published a new brief report: “Safe Lists for Medications in Pregnancy: Inadequate Evidence Base and Inconsistent Guidance from Web-based Information, 2011.” You can read the article’s abstract here. See below for a summary of the findings from this article.