Features from this Week: Child Vaccines & COVID-19, World Hepatitis Day, Salmonella and Food, and More!

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Child Vaccines & COVID-19

Week in Review

Child Vaccines & COVID-19

While families followed public health warnings about going out, an unfortunate result was many missed routine vaccinations. CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend every child continues to receive routine vaccinations during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Routine childhood vaccines >

World Hepatitis Day

World Hepatitis Day is recognized annually on July 28th, the birthday of Dr. Baruch Blumberg (1925–2011). Dr. Blumberg discovered the hepatitis B virus in 1967, and 2 years later he developed the first hepatitis B vaccine. These achievements culminated in Dr. Blumberg winning the Nobel Prize.

How viral hepatitis affects millions worldwide >

Salmonella and Food Salmonella is a bacteria that commonly causes foodborne illness, sometimes called “food poisoning.” CDC estimates Salmonella causes 1 million foodborne illnesses every year in the United States. What you can do to make your food safer > En Español

Polio Elimination in the United States

Thanks to the polio vaccine, dedicated health care professionals, and parents who vaccinate their children on schedule, polio has been eliminated in this country for more than 30 years. This means that there is no year-round transmission of poliovirus in the United States.

About polio elimination >

Drought and Your Health Drought is a natural phenomenon in which rainfall is lower than average for an extended period of time. Periods of drought can result in inadequate water supply and can lead to public health problems. How drought can impact your health > En Español

Protect Against Shingles

Shingles is a painful rash illness, which sometimes leads to long-term nerve pain. A shingles vaccine called Shingrix is the best way to help protect yourself against shingles.

Protect against shingles>

En Español

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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the U.S.

As of July 31, 2020 In the United States, there have been 4,473,974 confirmed cases of COVID-19 detected through U.S. public health surveillance systems in 50 states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. U.S. Cases

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