January 2010
New from CDC
Bacterial Meningitis After Intrapartum Spinal Anesthesia - New York and Ohio, 2008-2009
This report describes two clusters of meningitis among women who received spinal anesthesia during labor. Four of the cases were confirmed to be infections with S. salivarius, a bacterium that is part of the normal mouth flora. Features common to all five cases included rapid onset (<24 hours) of meningitis after anesthesia in previously healthy women and the association of each cluster with a single anesthesiologist who performed the procedures.
2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine and Pregnancy (Podcast)
This podcast features CDC's Dr. Sonja Rasmussen discussing latest guidelines related to H1N1 influenza, vaccine, and pregnancy. Excerpt from a CDC-Medscape video series for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals.
Antiviral Medications for Treatment of 2009 H1N1 Influenza and Pregnancy (Podcast)
This podcast features CDC's Dr. Sonja Rasmussen discussing the latest guidelines related to antiviral medications for treatment of 2009 H1N1 Influenza. Excerpt from a CDC-Medscape video series for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals.
Breast Cancer Websites Need Updating to Motivate Women: Research Summary
These results indicated that changes are needed for the majority of breast cancer websites in order to motivate women toward healthy preventative breast cancer behaviors. Breast cancer websites can be improved by employing strategies from three theories to encourage behavior change.
Advancing our Epidemiologic Understanding of Lupus
An article on CDC-supported lupus registries in Georgia and Michigan reviews the methods currently being used to define the prevalence, as well as the incidence, of SLE and skin lupus in whites and African Americans. These methods address the difficulties in finding cases, abstracting medical record data to ascertain whether cases meet classification criteria, and addressing a relatively uncommon but potentially severe disease.
Pre-teens Need Vaccines Too!
Getting your children their pre-teen vaccines is one thing you can do to protect their health for years to come.
WISEWOMAN: Heart Health for Uninsured and Under-insured Women
WISEWOMAN programs provide women aged 40–64 with health screenings, lifestyle interventions, and information to help them adopt a heart healthy lifestyle and prevent heart disease and stroke.
Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule - United States, 2010
In October 2009, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices approved the Adult Immunization Schedule for 2010, which includes several changes. A bivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV2) was licensed for use in females in October 2009. ACIP recommends vaccination of females with either HPV2 or the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV4). HPV4 was licensed for use in males in October 2009, and ACIP issued a permissive recommendation for use in males. Other
changes in publication.
Cancer, the Flu, and You
What Cancer Patients and Survivors Should Know About the Flu
Living with cancer increases your risk for complications from the flu. If you have cancer now or have had cancer in the past, you are at higher risk for complications from both seasonal and 2009 H1N1 flu (also called influenza or "swine flu"), including hospitalization and death.
Diabetes during Pregnancy (Podcast)
Women with uncontrolled diabetes just before and during early pregnancy have a greater chance of miscarriage, stillbirth, having the baby prematurely, or having a baby with birth defects. This podcast discusses the importance of controlling diabetes during pregnancy.
Folic Acid: Reaching Out to Women of Childbearing Age
Although neural tube defects can affect any pregnancy, Latinas have higher rates of affected pregnancies than women of other racial/ethnic groups. Because of this, CDC has focused many of its education and outreach projects on increasing folic acid awareness, knowledge, and consumption among Latinas of childbearing age.
10 Things You Need To Know About Birth Defects
Because half of all pregnancies in the United States are not planned, all women who can become pregnant should take a vitamin with folic acid every day. Folic acid helps a baby's brain and spine develop very early in the first month of pregnancy when a woman might not know she is pregnant.
VD: Values, Rights, and Public Health Exhibit
On February 15, a new exhibit opens at CDC’s Global Health Odyssey. VD: Values, Rights, Public Health chronicles the social and cultural history of venereal diseases (now known as sexually transmitted diseases or infections) in the U.S. and demonstrates how language and graphics used by public health leaders reflect the history of the times and reveal how rhetoric underscores community values.
Syphilis Profiles, 2008
The profiles provide an overview of syphilis morbidity in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The profiles consist of figures and tables of data on syphilis from the U.S. states and territories through 2008.
Funding
Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence - Related Injury (R01) [RFA-CE10-005]
CDC is soliciting investigator-initiated (R01) research that will expand and advance the understanding of violence, its causes, and prevention strategies. Applications must address one of the research objectives listed in the FOA. Closing date: February 5, 2010.
Health Observances
Int’l Prenatal Infection Prevention Month, February
February
National Cancer Prevention Month, February
February
American Heart Month
February
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month
February
National Wear Red Day
February 5
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
February 7
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 10
National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 20
Conferences
2010 National STD Prevention Conference
March 8-11, Atlanta, GA
National Conference on Blood Disorders in Public Health
March 9-11, Atlanta, GA
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