A community is experiencing an epidemic of the measles. The nurse is trying to determine if this problem is happening in other communities as well. Which of the following resources should the nurse use to answer this question?

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Requirements for disease reporting in the United States are mandated by state rather than federal law. The list of reportable diseases varies by state. State health departments, on a voluntary basis, report cases of selected diseases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) data are collated and published weekly in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

A Community Is Experiencing an Epidemic of the Measles