Public health then and now: celebrating 50 years of MMWR at CDC : foreward

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Frieden, Thomas R.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

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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 contributions to the agency and to public health was to engineer the transfer in 1961 of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from its former home at the National Office of Vital Statistics to CDC. This supplement to MMWR celebrates the anniversary of its arrival at CDC and the 50‐year contribution it has made to CDC and public health. Langmuir had the foresight to envision the revitalization of the decades‐old publication, not only to enable CDC to share its work with the nation, but also to influence the practice and impact of public health throughout the world. This supplement celebrates MMWR through perspectives on how public health has changed during the past 50 years. Articles in this issue reflect on how the focus of public health has expanded from communicable disease to also include a broad array of acute and chronic public health challenges. su6004a1.htm?s_cid=su6004a1_w

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report ; Morbidity and mortality weekly report ;

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Historical Article ; Introductory Journal Article ;

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United States

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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

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AIDS : the early years and CDC's response

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Curran, James W. ; Jaffe, Harold W. ;

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Rollins School of Public Health. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of the Director. ;

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October 7, 2011

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MMWR Suppl. 2011 Oct 7;60(4):64-9.

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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...

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Changing methods of NCHS surveys : 1960--2010 and beyond

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Sirken, Monroe G. ; Hirsch, Rosemarie ; ...

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National Center for Health Stastistics (U.S.)

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October 7, 2011

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MMWR Suppl. 2011 Oct 7;60(4):42-48.

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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...

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Control of health-care-associated infections, 1961-2011

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Dixon, Richard E.

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Health Net of California.

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October 7, 2011

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MMWR Suppl. 2011 Oct 7;60(4):58-63.

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MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report ; v. 60, suppl

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Evolution of epidemic investigations and field epidemiology during the MMWR era at CDC--1961-2011.

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Brachman, Philip S. ; Thacker, Stephen B. ;

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Rollins School of Public Health. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services. ;

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October 7, 2011

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MMWR Suppl. 2011 Oct 7;60(4):22-6.

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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...

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Environmental health in MMWR--1961-2010

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Falk, Henry

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of Noncommunicable Diseases, Injury, and Environmental Health.

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October 7, 2011

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MMWR Suppl. 2011 Oct 7;60(4):86-96.

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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...

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Laboratory contributions to public health

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Dowdle, Walter R. ; Mayer, Leonard W. ; ...

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Task Force for Global Health. ; National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease (U.S.). 2Division of Bacterial Diseases. ; ...

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October 7, 2011

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MMWR Suppl. 2011 Oct 7;60(4):27-34.

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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...

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Vaccine-preventable diseases, immunizations, and MMWR--1961-2011

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Hinman, Alan R. ; Orenstein, Walter A. ; ...

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Task Force for Global Health. ; Rollins School of Public Health. ; ...

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October 7, 2011

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MMWR Suppl. 2011 Oct 7;60(4):49-57.

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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...

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Trends in global health and CDC's International role, 1961--2011

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De Cock, Kevin M.

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Center for Global Health (U.S.)

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October 7, 2011

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MMWR Suppl. 2011 Oct 7;60(4):104-111.

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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...

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Injury prevention, violence prevention, and trauma care: building the scientific base

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Sleet, David A. ; Dahlberg, Linda L. ; ...

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National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.) ; Center for Global Health (U.S.) ;

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October 7, 2011

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MMWR Suppl. 2011 Oct 7;60(4):78-85.

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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...

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Advice to a modern-day Rip Van Winkle : changes in state and local public health practice during the MMWR era at CDC

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Kohn, Melvin A. ; Fleming, David W. ;

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October 7, 2011

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MMWR Suppl. 2011 Oct 7;60(4):112-119.

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MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report ; v. 60, suppl

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Occupational epidemiology and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

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Halperin, William ; Howard, John ;

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University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health. ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. ;

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October 7, 2011

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MMWR Suppl. 2011 Oct 7;60(4):97-103.

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MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report ; v. 60, suppl

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The cornerstone of public health practice : public health surveillance, 1961--2011

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Lee, Lisa M. ; Thacker, Stephen B. ;

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services.

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October 7, 2011

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MMWR Suppl. 2011 Oct 7;60(4):15-21.

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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...

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Fifty years of progress in chronic disease epidemiology and control

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Remington, Patrick L. ; Brownson, Ross C. ;

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October 7, 2011

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MMWR Suppl. 2011 Oct 7;60(4):70-7.

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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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Public health then and now: celebrating 50 years of MMWR at CDC : introduction

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Shaw, Frederic E. ; Kohl, Katrin S. ; ...

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services. ; National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Global Migration and Quarantine. ;

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October 7, 2011

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MMWR Suppl. 2011 Oct 7;60(4):2-6

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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...

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A history of MMWR

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Shaw, Frederic E. ; Goodman, Richard A. ; ...

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services. Public Health Surveillance and Informatics Program Office. ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.) ; ...

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October 7, 2011

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MMWR Suppl. 2011 Oct 7;60(4):7-14.

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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...

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History of statistics in public health at CDC, 1960-2010 : the rise of statistical evidence