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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) has been published weekly since 1952 and is CDC's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This collection contains the first 30 years of MMWR issues, which were scanned from the original volumes and have not previously been available in a digital format. For current editions of MMWR, please visit www.cdc.gov/MMWR.

MMWR readership predominantly consists of physicians, nurses, public health practitioners, epidemiologists and other scientists, researchers, educators, pharmacists, and laboratorians.

As of January 2012, MMWR has a primary distribution of 131,000 e-mail subscribers and 4,500 print subscribers, with secondary electronic and print distributions increasing the total number of subscribers to 360,000. The MMWR website receives approximately 1 million visitors per month, with 22,500 downloading MMWR podcasts, and more than 800 public health professionals seeking continuing education credits. MMWR has over 5000 followers on Twitter and over 2000 friends on Facebook.
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 1, January 11, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 1, January 11, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    "For the current week there was a total of 9,294 cases of measles reported which was 14 percent higher than for the previous week and nearly 70 percent higher than the number reported for the same week of 1951. The disease is being reported in increa...
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 2, January 18, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 2, January 18, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    "There was a very sharp increase in the incIdence of measles for the current week (16,412) as compared with the previous week (9,496) and the same week of last year (7,190). Substantial increases were reported in the New England, Middle Atlantic, Eas...
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 3, January 25, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 3, January 25, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    "There was a slight decrease in the incidence of measles for the current week as compared with the previous week. A decrease in the number of cases occurred in the New England, Middle Atlantic, South Atlantic, and West South Central States and modera...
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 4, February 1, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 4, February 1, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    "The incidence of measles was slightly higher for the current week as compared with the previous week. Forty-three percent of those reported for the current week were in 3 States with large populations, namely, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvan...
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 5, February 8, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 5, February 8, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    "The incidence of measles increased in the current week as compared with the previous week. The cumulative total for the first is weeks of 1952 Is now 76,728 as compared with 43,034 for the same period of 1951. Since 1935 the cumulative total for the...
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 6, February 15, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 6, February 15, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    "The Division of Preventive Medicine, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, U. S. Navy, has reported to the Influenza Information Center, N. I. H. that a decline In the incidence of acute respiratory infections of more than 50 percent has occurred during t...
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 7, February 25, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 7, February 25, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    "There was only a slight Increase In the Incidence of measles for the current week, 22,824 eases, as compared with the previous week (21,491). The number of cases decreased slightly in the New England, East North Central, West North Central, and West...
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 8, February 29, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 8, February 29, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    "The incidence of measles for the current week was approximately the same as for the previous week. The New England States reported fewer cases for the second consecutive week. There was also a small decrease in the middle Atlantic and South Atlantic...
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 9, March 7, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 9, March 7, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    "The number of cases of measles reported for the current week (29,465) Is about 30 percent above the figure for the previous week (22,594), and nearly double the number reported for the same week of 1951 (16,848). All geographic areas except the East...
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 10, March 14, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 10, March 14, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    Provisional statistics for specified notifiable diseases in the United States for week ended March 8, 1952 [p. 1-2] -- Provisional statistics for deaths in selected cities for week ended March 8, 1952 [p. 7], Epidemiological reports: Influenza [p. 1]...
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 11, March 21, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 11, March 21, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    "The number of cases of measles has remained constant for the past 3 weeks, 28,825 being reported for the current week, 28,486 for the previous week, and 29,465 for the week ended March 1. There has been a decline in the number reported In the New En...
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 12, March 28, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 12, March 28, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    "The number of deaths from influenza and pneumonia reported by 58 cities for the week ended March 15 was 383 as compared with 352 for the previous week. The numbers reported by geographical areas, with figures for the previous week in parentheses, we...
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 13, April 4, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 13, April 4, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    "The incidence of measles rose from 31.7B4 cases for the week ended March 22 to 32,791 for the current week. There was an increase In the numbers reported for the current week as compared with tile prevl.ou8 week in the Middle Atlantic, East North Ce...
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 14, April 14, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 14, April 14, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    "The number of deaths from influenza and pneumonia reported by 58 cities for the week ended March 29 was 326 as compared with 344 for the previous week. The numbers reported by geographical areas, with corrected figures for the previous week in paren...
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 15, April 18, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 15, April 18, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    "The number of deaths from influenza and pneumonia reported by 58 cities for the week ended April 5 was 309 as compared with 328 for the previous week. The numbers reported by geographical areas, with the previous weeks figures in parentheses, were: ...
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 16, April 25, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 16, April 25, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    "The number of deaths from influenza and pneumonia reported by 58 cities for the week ended March 29 was 326 as compared with 344 for the previous week. The numbers reported by geographical areas, with corrected figures for the previous week in paren...
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 17, May 2, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 17, May 2, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    "The number of cases of menningococcal infections continues to be higher than during the same period of 1950 and 1951 as shown in the chart below. For the week ended April 19 the cumulative total since the seasonal low week September 1, 1951, was 3,2...
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 18, May 9, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 18, May 9, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    "Since ail reports indicate that influenza is no longer prevalent the publication of numbers of deaths from influenza and pneumonia in 58 cities is being temporarily discontinued. Late in the year when the disease is apt to reappear publication of th...
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 19, May 16, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 19, May 16, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    "The incidence of poliomyelitis, except in Texas, has been below that for 1951 since the beginning of the new "disease year" which started with the week ended April 3. For the 5weeks ended May 3,241 cases were reported for the United States, exclusi...
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  • Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 20, May 23, 1952
    Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 1, no. 20, May 23, 1952
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Office of Vital Statistics;
    Published:
    1952
    Description:
    "One confirmed case of smallpox was reported from Lancaster County, Nebraska. The incidence or typhoid fever since the beginning or 1952 has been slightly lower than for the same period in 1951. A total of 563 cases has been reported for the trust 20...
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