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Pregnant women should not stop or start taking any type of medicine that they need without first talking with a health care provider. Women who are planning to become pregnant should discuss the need for any medicine with their health care provider before becoming pregnant and ensure they are taking only medicines that are necessary.

Researchers from Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center, in collaboration with researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Harvard School of Public Health, have published a new study describing medication use during pregnancy in the United States during the period 1976–2008. You can read the abstract here. The findings from this article are summarized in the following text.

The journal Obesity has published a new study online: “Modeling the Potential Public Health Impact of Prepregnancy Obesity on Adverse Fetal and Infant Outcomes.” You can read the article’s abstract here. See below for a summary of the findings from this article.

CDC's Office on Smoking and Health offers information related to smoking and tobacco use.

Did you know that adults need vaccines too? If you didn’t, you are not alone.

Iyabode Akinsanya-Beysolow, MD1, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP),* ACIP Child/Adolescent Immunization Work Group (Affiliations at end of text).

Carolyn B. Bridges, MD1, Tamera Coyne-Beasley, MD2, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)*, ACIP Adult Immunization Work Group (Author affiliations at end of text).

Walter W. Williams, MD1, Peng-Jun Lu, MD, PhD1, Alissa O'Halloran, MSPH1, Carolyn B. Bridges, MD1,Tamara Pilishvili, MPH2, Craig M.

On February 3, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr).

On February 3, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr).