Features from This Week: Tips for Picky Eaters, Older Adult Mobility, and Rubella Vaccination!

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Week in Review

Baby in high-chair reacting negatively to food

Tips to Help a Picky Eater

Children may not like every food you give them on the first try. Give them a chance to try foods again and again, even if they don’t like them at first. Children may need to try some foods many times before they like them.

Older Adult Mobility

Do you or your friends and family have a plan to stay safe, mobile, and independent as you age? Many people make financial plans for retirement, but don’t consider how to plan for potential mobility changes.

Rubella Vaccination

Rubella can be prevented with MMR vaccine. This protects against three diseases: measles, mumps, and rubella. CDC recommends children get two doses of MMR vaccine, starting with the first dose at 12 through 15 months of age, and the second dose at 4 through 6 years of age.


parents encouraging daughter to take first steps

Disease of the Week

Young girl

Image of the Week

Children receiving smallpox vaccine
COVID-19 in the U.S.

As of February 22, 2021

In the United States, there have been 27,938,085 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.


In addition to cases, deaths, and laboratory testing, CDC’s COVID Data Tracker now has a Vaccinations tab to track distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in your state.

CDC is closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel (new) coronavirus.

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