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Oleg O. Bilukha, MD1, Douglas Jayasekaran, MS2, Ann Burton, MBBS2, Gabriele Faender, MPH3, James King'ori, MSc4, Mohammad Amiri, MD4, Dorte Jessen, MIC5, Eva Leidman, MSPH1 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Shannon Stokley, MPH1, Jenny Jeyarajah, MS1, David Yankey, MS1, Maria Cano, MD2, Julianne Gee, MPH2, Jill Roark, MPH3, C. Robinette Curtis, MD1, Lauri Markowitz, MD4 (Author affiliations at end of text).

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Talk with your doctor about a GBS test when you are 35-37 weeks pregnant.

Thanks to effective vaccine, the United States has been polio-free since 1979. But poliovirus is still a threat in some countries. Be part of the success story and get your child vaccinated on schedule.

The efficacy and safety of contraceptives have been questioned for decades; however, whether a relationship exists between hormonal contraceptives and gestational diabetes (GDM) is undetermined. The aim of this study was to investigate whether maternal risk for GDM was influenced by type of contraceptive method used before pregnancy.

Preetha J. Iyengar, MD1, Joseph Wamala, MD2, Jeffrey Ratto, MPH3, Curtis Blanton, MS3, Mugagga Malimbo, MS2, Luswa Lukwago, PhD2, Steven Becknell, MPH4, Robert Downing, PhD4, Sudhir Bunga, MD3, James Sejvar, MD5, Issa Makumbi, MD2 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Kendra Cuffe, MPH1, William Stauffer, MD2, John Painter, DVM1, Sharmila Shetty, MD1, Jessica Montour, MPH3, Weigong Zhou, MD, PhD1 (Author affiliations at end of text).

The Community Preventive Services Task Force posted new information about two recommendations on its website: 1) Promoting Health Equity Through Education Programs and Policies: High School Completion Programs, available at http://www.thecommunityguide.org/healthequity/education/highschoolcompletion.

Effective August 1, 2014, subscribers who currently receive printed copies of MMWR at no cost directly from CDC each week will no longer receive them. This decision was reached after careful consideration of the costs of printing and mailing. Distribution of printed copies of MMWR serial publications (i.