Most Recent Articles from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

• Nonfatal scald-related burns among adults aged [greater than or equal to]65 years—United States, 2001-2006 

  Scalds, which are burns attributed to hot liquids or steam, account for 33%-58% of all patients hospitalized for burns in the United States (1-3)....

  09/18/09 by D. Hungerford; E. Sullivent; K. Thomas; M. Wald; M. Galle · More from publication

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  In recent years, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has recommended three newly licensed vaccines: meningococcal conjugate...

  09/18/09 by S. Stokley; C. Dorell; D. Yankey · More from publication

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  In 1988, the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate poliomyelitis worldwide (1). Subsequently, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative of the...

  09/18/09 · More from publication

• Updated recommendations from the advisory committee on immunization practices for use of hepatitis A vaccine in close contacts of newly arriving international adoptees 

  On February 25, 2009, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended routine hepatitis A vaccination for household members and...

  09/18/09 · More from publication

• Licensure of a Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine and updated recommendations for use of Hib vaccine 

  On August 19, 2009, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed Hiberix (GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium), a Haemophilus...

  09/18/09 · More from publication

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  On September 10, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr). The first 2009 pandemic influenza...

  09/18/09 by L. Finelli; L. Brammer; L. Blanton; S. Epperson; R. Dhara; A. Fowlkes; D. Mustaquim; L. Kamimoto; K. Kniss; A. Klimov; L. Gubareva; A. Fry; A. Fiore; D. Jernigan; J. Bresee; D. Swerdlow · More from publication

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