Because of the furlough of U.S. government employees, CDC has
restricted its activities to responses to emergencies and other
public
health matters of extreme urgency. Therefore, this issue of MMWR
contains
only one report with immediate public health implications. This
report
includes measures for preventing serious injuries and death in
children as
the result of deployment of air bags in vehicles in which children
have
been improperly restrained or seated; these measures should be
implemented
immediately to decrease the risk for children, particularly during
the
holiday period of increased travel. Other reports of public health
importance and findings from the ongoing National Notifiable
Disease
Surveillance System will be published at a later date. Printed
versions of
this issue also will be available to CDC's subscribers at a later
date.
David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, CDC
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