Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

Erratum: Vol. 69, No. 12

This report describes prevalence of high total cholesterol among adults aged ≥20 years, by age group and sex during 2015-2018.

This report describes a multistate outbreak following contact with an asymptomatic, fully vaccinated index patient who reported extensive social interactions at a wedding.

This report describes nonpharmaceutical interventions that limited COVID-19 incidence among basic trainees in Texas.

This report describes evidence suggesting that limited U.S. community transmission of COVID-19 likely began in late January or early February 2020, after a single importation from China, followed by multiple importations from Europe.

This report describes that emergency department visits have declined 42% during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic according to the National Syndromic Surveillance Program.

This report describes the heart disease and cancer death rate for both men and women aged 45-64 years during 1999-2018.

Progress has been made toward lymphatic filariasis elimination in American Samoa, but success will depend on continuing recommended control activities in the territory, including mass drug administration.

Having chronic conditions is associated with increased tooth loss. Primary care providers can educate their patients about the importance of good oral health and screen and refer them for needed dental care.

Identification and management of hepatitis B infection in children and adults from countries with a high prevalence of infection, including refugees, is important for protecting their health and preventing transmission to others.

This report describes how universal, serial reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction testing of residents in a long-term care skilled nursing facility in Los Angeles, California, helped to interrupt transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 in the facility.

In 2018, among adults aged ≥18 years, those ever receiving a diagnosis of diabetes were more likely to have disability than those never receiving a diagnosis of diabetes.

This report describes hepatitis A outbreak cases reported from 26 states as of September 13, 2019.

This report describes norovirus outbreaks in eight out of nine emergency shelters that housed people fleeing from California's Camp Fire in 2018.

This report describes 2018-2019 poliovirus surveillance data, focusing on 40 outbreak and high-risk priority countries.

New findings from CDC's enhanced surveillance system show that ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella Typhi, the bacteria that causes typhoid fever, is a growing public health threat in Pakistan and Iraq.

This report describes the high COVID-19 attack rate among 92 attendees at a rural Arkansas church during March 6-11.

This report describes data analyzed from the Michigan Care Improvement Registry to assess changes in vaccine doses administered to children and the effects of those changes on up-to-date status for vaccinations recommended at milestone ages.

This report describes a new study that found universal hepatitis C testing in emergency departments identified a greater number of previously unrecognized infections, especially in persons born after 1965.

This report describes the percentage of deaths from all causes that occurred in a hospital, in the decedent's home, and in a long-term care facility in 2018.

Not all women who see a health care provider during or after pregnancy are asked about depression, which means opportunities to identify and treat women with depression might be missed.

Providing antiretroviral treatment to women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection before, during, and after pregnancy is critical for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV and improving child survival.

This report describes the high attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 following a choir practice attended by 61 persons in Skagit County, Washington.

This report provides an estimate of excess deaths in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This report describes efforts by the California Department of Public Health in screening travelers at airports and subsequent monitoring to prevent introduction of COVID-19 to California communities.

This report describes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases among incarcerated or detained persons in facilities in Louisiana and the COVID-19 Management Assessment and Response tool used to identify awareness and understanding of guidance.

This report describes the impact of the pandemic on pediatric vaccination in the United States by examining two data sources: Vaccines for Children Program and Vaccine Safety Datalink.

Piloted in Kenya, the Detection and Response to Respiratory Events (DaRRE) strategy could serve as a model for other countries in the region to build capacity for prevention, detection, and response to respiratory disease outbreaks.

This report describes the percentage of adults aged ≥18 years who had difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses in 2018.

Global measles elimination is hindered by recurrent outbreaks, emerging characteristically in undervaccinated populations.

This report indicates that hypertension is highest in rural areas (40%), compared with the most urban areas (29%).

This report describes confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 cases among incarcerated or detained persons or staff members across 420 correctional and detention facilities in the United States.

This report describes various factors that contributed to accelerated spread of coronavirus disease 2019 during February--April 2020.

This report indicates that coronavirus disease 2019 cases among workers in 115 meat or poultry processing facilities were reported by 19 states.

This report describes an investigation of coronavirus disease 2019 in residents and staff members from homeless shelters in four U.S. cities.

This report describes a COVID-19 outbreak detected at three affiliated homeless shelters in Seattle, Washington.

This report indicates that during 2000-2018, 45 countries achieved maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination, reported neonatal tetanus cases decreased 90%, and estimated deaths declined 85%.

This report indicates that incidence of infections caused by Listeria, Salmonella, and Shigella remained unchanged, and those caused by all other pathogens reported to the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network increased during 2019.

A 2018 cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe underscored the importance of community-wide water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions, as well as vaccination and outbreak detection in reducing cholera's impact.

This report indicates that in 2018, the U.S. suicide rate was 14.2 per 100,000 standard population, with rates varying by state.

This report characterizes a cohort of hospitalized adults with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Georgia in which black patients were overrepresented and one in four hospitalized patients had no recognized risk factors for severe COVID-19.

Exposures to cleaners and disinfectants reported to the National Poison Data System, a surveillance system of poison center calls, increased substantially beginning in March 2020.

This investigation highlights the importance of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) surveillance at sea to identify contaminated foods at sea not yet implicated on land and to prevent transmission of AGE illness through U.S. ports.

The percentage of employed adults who reported an average of ≤6 hours of sleep per 24-hour period increased from 28.4% during 2008-2009 to 32.6% during 2017-2018.

Circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses can emerge in settings with low poliovirus immunity and can cause paralysis.

This report describes clinical considerations for prescribing preexposure prophylaxis for human immunodeficiency virus prevention among adolescents.

Erratum: Vol. 69, No. SS-4

A recent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) outbreak among people who inject drugs in Cabell County, West Virginia, underscores the importance of HIV prevention, diagnosis, and care in communities with high rates of substance use disorder.

Investigation of COVID-19 cases in Chicago identified a cluster of 16 confirmed or probable cases, including three deaths, likely resulting from one introduction.

The Coronavirus Disease 2019-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network (COVID-NET) was implemented to produce robust, weekly, age-stratified COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates.