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Recreational Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week - May19-25

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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.

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Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Fatal Unintentional DrowningAmong Persons Aged ?29 Years — United States, 1999–2010

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

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Promoting Policy and Systems Change to Expand Employment of Community Health Workers (CHWs)'eLearning'DHDSP'CDC

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This course is designed to provide state programs and other stakeholders with basic knowledge about Community Health Workers (CHWs), such as official definitions of CHWs, workforce development, and other topic areas. In addition, the course covers how states can become engaged in policy and systems change efforts to establish sustainability for the work of CHWs, including examples of states that have proven success in this arena.

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Cancer and Women | CDC Features

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Every year, cancer claims the lives of more than a quarter of a million women in America. Women can reduce their cancer risk by adopting a healthy lifestyle and getting the right cancer screening tests.

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day | CDC Features

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May 12 is ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day. Learn about chronic fatigue syndrome and how to participate.

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Announcement: Healthy Vision Month - May 2014

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May is Healthy Vision Month, a national observance to promote prevention and early detection of eye diseases to reduce avoidable vision impairment, defined as the best-corrected visual acuity less than 20/40 in the better-seeing eye (1). CDC's Vision Health Initiative partners with the National Eye Institute's National Eye Health Education Program in encouraging everyone to make vision and eye health a priority.

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Announcement: Drinking Water Week - May 4-10, 2014

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The United States has one of the safest public drinking water supplies in the world (1). Tap water not only provides water for daily household activities such as drinking, bathing, and cooking, it also benefits the entire community by providing water to serve businesses, schools, and hospitals, and to promote overall health (2). May 4–10, 2014, is Drinking Water Week, an annual observance whose theme ("What Do You Know About H2O?") underscores the many ways in which all consumers can get to know their water (3).

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Hepatitis Awareness Month and National Hepatitis Testing Day- May 2014

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In the United States, May is Hepatitis Awareness Month, and May 19 is National Hepatitis Testing Day. Although care and treatment can be life-saving, many of the estimated 800,000 to 1.4 million persons living with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and the estimated 3 million persons living with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are unaware of their infection and are not receiving necessary care and treatment (1).

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Expanding Primary Care Capacity to Treat Hepatitis C VirusInfection Through an Evidence-Based Care Model - Arizona and Utah,2012-2014

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Kiren Mitruka, MD1, Karla Thornton, MD2, Susanne Cusick3, Christina Orme3, Ann Moore4, Richard A. Manch, MD4, Terry Box, MD3, Christie Carroll2, Deborah Holtzman, PhD1, John W. Ward, MD1 (Author affiliations at end of text).

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Early Identification and Linkage to Care of Persons withChronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection - Three U.S. Sites,2012-2014

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

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Primary and Secondary Syphilis - United States,2005-2013

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Monica E. Patton, MD1, John R. Su, MD2, Robert Nelson, MPH2, Hillard Weinstock, MD2 (Author affiliations at end of text).

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Vital Signs: Disability and Physical Activity - UnitedStates, 2009-2012

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On May 6, 2014, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr).

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Sign up for our Features | CDC Features

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CDC.gov feature articles are written by subject matter experts and health communicators, then edited to emphasize strong call-to-action messages and friendly, meaningful visuals.

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