Update on Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreaks - Worldwide, January 2018-June 2019

Published on November 14, 2019

Since the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988 and broad use of live, attenuated oral poliovirus vaccine, the number of wild poliovirus cases has declined >99.99%.

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Early Release: Risk Factors for E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) Among Adults Who Use E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Products - Illinois, July-October 2019

November 8, 2019
The Illinois Department of Public Health conducted an online public survey during September-October 2019 targeting e-cigarette, or vaping, product users aged ≥18 years in Illinois.

EARLY RELEASE: Update: Interim Guidance for Health Care Providers for Managing Patients with Suspected E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injury - United States, November 2019

November 19, 2019
As rates of influenza increase, providers evaluating patients with respiratory illnesses should ask them about e-cigarette, or vaping, product use.