Search Media Items

On July 29, the Office of the Surgeon General released its Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer (http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/calls/prevent-skin-cancer/index.

Sara E. Luckhaupt, MD1, Geoffrey M. Calvert, MD1 (Author affiliations at end of text).

James Matthias, MPH1, Cristina Dusek2, P. Scott Pritchard, MPH1, Laura Rutledge2, Paula Kinchen3, Mark Lander, MS3 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Catherine G. Corey, MSPH1, Brian A. King, PhD2, Blair N.

August 1 is National Girlfriends Day. Encourage one another to stay healthy.

Infectious Diseases National Centers

July 28, 2014, marks the 4th annual World Hepatitis Day. Nearly 400 million persons are living with hepatitis B or hepatitis C, and more than 1 million die annually as a result of their infection. This year, the 67th World Health Assembly (WHA) reaffirmed the global commitment to prevent and control viral hepatitis through the passage of resolution WHA 67.

Ibironke W. Apata, MD1,2, Francisco Averhoff, MD3, John Pitman, MS, MPH2, Adam Bjork, PhD2, Junping Yu4, Noryati Abu Amin, MBBCh, MD4, Neelam Dhingra, MBBS, MD4, Amy Kolwaite, MS, MPH3, Anthony Marfin, MD2 (Authors affiliations at end of text).

Laurie D. Elam-Evans, PhD1, David Yankey, MS1, Jenny Jeyarajah, MS1, James A. Singleton, PhD1, C.

Mary M. Agócs, MD1, Fatima Serhan, PhD1, Catherine Yen, MD2,3, Jason M. Mwenda, MD4, Lúcia H.