October 7, 2011 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ; v. 60, suppl
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Alexander Langmuir became the first Chief Epidemiologist at CDC (then called the Communicable Disease Center) in 1949. One of his many enduring contri...
October 7, 2011 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ; v. 60, suppl
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As an Epidemiology bulletin, MMWR has unique strengths and attributes. These include weekly publication (highlighting timeliness and frequency of repo...
October 7, 2011 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ; v. 60, suppl
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MMWR was established to disseminate the results of public health Surveillance and owes much of its existence to the founder of modern Surveillance, Wi...
October 7, 2011 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ; v. 60, suppl
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Injuries and violence are widespread in society. Unintentional injuries and injuries caused by acts of violence are among the top 10 killers of U.S. r...
October 7, 2011 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ; v. 60, suppl
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Alexander Langmuir, founder of the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), was quoted in the early 1960s instructing incoming EIS officers that the o...
October 7, 2011 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ; v. 60, suppl
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In the 50 years since MMWR became a responsibility of CDC, understanding has been enhanced of Diseases now prevented by vaccines, many new vaccines ha...
October 7, 2011 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ; v. 60, suppl
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The MMWR description of five cases of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) among homosexual men in Los Angeles was the first published report about an...
October 7, 2011 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ; v. 60, suppl
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When CDC was established in 1946 (as the Communicable Disease Center), the U.S. Public Health Service borrowed statistical Methods developed by Floren...
October 7, 2011 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ; v. 60, suppl
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The year 2011 marks the 50th anniversary of CDC's publication of MMWR. It also marks the 24th anniversary of the National Center for Health Statistics...
October 7, 2011 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ; v. 60, suppl
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Since 1946, CDC has provided rapid assistance to states, federal agencies, international organizations, and ministries of health, often through formal...
October 7, 2011 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ; v. 60, suppl
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This supplement of MMWR celebrates the 50th anniversary of CDC's first publication of MMWR on January 13, 1961 (Figure 1). MMWR was not new in 1961, b...
October 7, 2011 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ; v. 60, suppl
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As MMWR celebrates its 50th year at CDC, a review of MMWR articles provides evidence that CDC's global activities have become firmly established as pa...
October 7, 2011 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ; v. 60, suppl
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The roots of modern public health Surveillance took hold in 17th century Europe (1), but the seed for CDC's role as America's national agency for coll...
October 7, 2011 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ; v. 60, suppl
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During the past century in the United States, advances in public health and health care have increased life expectancy by approximately 30 years and l...
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