Feed morbidity-and-mortality-weekly-report-mmwr Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

Favorite IconMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

Link https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index.html
Feed http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/createrss.asp?t=r&c=5
Updated 2025-01-03 22:48
EARLY RELEASE: Characteristics of E-cigarette, or Vaping, Products Used by Patients with Associated Lung Injury and Products Seized by Law Enforcement - Minnesota, 2018 and 2019
This report evaluated e-cigarette, or vaping, products used by e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury patients and products intended for the illicit market and seized by law enforcement.
Characteristics of Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized Patients in a Nationwide Outbreak of E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injury - United States, November 2019
This report provides updated data on patient demographic characteristics and substances used in e-cigarette, or vaping, products among hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients.
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
As rates of influenza increase, providers evaluating patients with respiratory illnesses should ask them about e-cigarette, or vaping, product use.
QuickStats: Percentage of Currently Employed Adults Aged 18-64 Years Who Have Paid Sick Leave, by Poverty Status - National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2008 and 2018
The percentage of currently employed adults aged 18-64 years who have paid sick leave increased from 57.8% in 2008 to 61.7% in 2018.
Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Linked to Raw Turkey Products - United States, 2017-2019
During November 2017-March 2019, a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Reading involving 356 cases in 42 states occurred.
State-Specific Prevalence of Obesity Among Children Aged 2-4 Years Enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children - United States, 2010-2016
In 2010, the overall upward trend in obesity prevalence turned downward among children aged 2-4 years enrolled in WIC, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
Use of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine and 23-Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years: Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Prac
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine use in children has led to sharp declines in pneumococcal disease among adults and children.
Guidance for Using Tafenoquine for Prevention and Antirelapse Therapy for Malaria - United States, 2019
The Food and Drug Administration approved tafenoquine for prophylaxis of malaria and antirelapse therapy.
Traumatic Brain Injury-Related Deaths by Race/Ethnicity, Sex, Intent, and Mechanism of Injury - United States, 2000-2017
In this report, CDC analyzed traumatic brain injury-related death data from the National Vital Statistics System over an 18-year period (2000-2017).
QuickStats: Percentage of Currently Employed Adults Aged 18-64 Years Who Have Paid Sick Leave, by Poverty Status - National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2008 and 2018
The percentage of currently employed adults aged 18-64 years who have paid sick leave increased from 57.8% in 2008 to 61.7% in 2018.
State-Specific Prevalence of Obesity Among Children Aged 2-4 Years Enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children - United States, 2010-2016
In 2010, the overall upward trend in obesity prevalence turned downward among children aged 2-4 years enrolled in WIC, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
Use of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine and 23-Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years: Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Prac
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine use in children has led to sharp declines in pneumococcal disease among adults and children.
State-Specific Prevalence of Obesity Among Children Aged 2-4 Years Enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children - United States, 2010-2016
In 2010, the overall upward trend in obesity prevalence turned downward among children aged 2-4 years enrolled in WIC, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
Guidance for Using Tafenoquine for Prevention and Antirelapse Therapy for Malaria - United States, 2019
The Food and Drug Administration approved tafenoquine for prophylaxis of malaria and antirelapse therapy.
Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Linked to Raw Turkey Products - United States, 2017-2019
During November 2017-March 2019, a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Reading involving 356 cases in 42 states occurred.
QuickStats: Percentage of Currently Employed Adults Aged 18-64 Years Who Have Paid Sick Leave, by Poverty Status - National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2008 and 2018
The percentage of currently employed adults aged 18-64 years who have paid sick leave increased from 57.8% in 2008 to 61.7% in 2018.
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
As rates of influenza increase, providers evaluating patients with respiratory illnesses should ask them about e-cigarette, or vaping, product use.
Characteristics of Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized Patients in a Nationwide Outbreak of E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injury - United States, November 2019
This report provides updated data on patient demographic characteristics and substances used in e-cigarette, or vaping, products among hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients.
Traumatic Brain Injury-Related Deaths by Race/Ethnicity, Sex, Intent, and Mechanism of Injury - United States, 2000-2017
In this report, CDC analyzed traumatic brain injury-related death data from the National Vital Statistics System over an 18-year period (2000-2017).
Use of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine and 23-Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years: Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Prac
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine use in children has led to sharp declines in pneumococcal disease among adults and children.
Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Pakistan, January 2018-September 2019
Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only countries that continue to confirm ongoing wild poliovirus type 1 transmission.
Great American Smokeout - November 21, 2019
The 44th annual Great American Smokeout will occur on November 21, 2019.
QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥25 Years Who Had Seen a Health Care Professional in the Past 12 Months and Who Easily Understood Information from Their Health Care Providers Most or All of t
In 2017, 91.6% of adults aged ≥25 years easily understood information from their health care providers most or all of the time.
Tobacco Product Use and Cessation Indicators Among Adults - United States, 2018
Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States
Update on Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreaks - Worldwide, January 2018-June 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%.
Disparities in Receipt of Eye Exams Among Medicare Part B Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries with Diabetes - United States, 2017
Diabetic retinopathy, the most common diabetes-related eye disease, affects 29% of U.S. adults aged ≥40 years with diabetes.
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
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.
Evaluation of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid from Patients in an Outbreak of E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injury - 10 States, August-October 2019
Bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage can be part of the clinical and diagnostic workup of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury patients.
Notes from the Field: Botulism Type E After Consumption of Salt-Cured Fish - New Jersey, 2018
An emergency department in New Jersey treated two patients for suspected foodborne botulism associated with eating uneviscerated salt-cured fish.
Erratum: Vol. 68, No. 42
Erratum: Vol. 68, No. 42
Surveillance Summaries: Potentially Excess Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties - United States, 2010-2017
Nonmetropolitan, or rural, counties have more preventable deaths from cancer, heart disease, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke than metropolitan, or urban, counties.
Lung Cancer Incidence in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties - United States, 2007-2016
During 2007-2016, lung cancer incidence rates decreased more in metropolitan than nonmetropolitan counties.
Notes from the Field: Unexplained Dermatologic, Respiratory, and Ophthalmic Symptoms Among Health Care Personnel at a Hospital - West Virginia, November 2017-January 2018
During November 8-December 25, 2017, health care personnel at an acute care facility in West Virginia reported occupational health encounters possibly related to construction activities.
QuickStats: Birth Rates for Teens Aged 15-19 Years, by State - National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2018
In 2018, the U.S. birth rate for teens aged 15-19 years was 17.4 births per 1,000 females, with rates generally lower in the Northeast and higher across the southern states.
Vital Signs: Estimated Proportion of Adult Health Problems Attributable to Adverse Childhood Experiences and Implications for Prevention - 25 States, 2015-2017
Exposure to adverse childhood experiences can be traumatic, evoking toxic stress responses that have immediate and long-term adverse physiologic and psychologic impacts.
Update: Characteristics of Patients in a National Outbreak of E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injuries - United States, October 2019
Based on data collected as of October 15, 2019, this report updates data on characteristics of patients with lung injury related to e-cigarette, or vaping, product use and substances in the products.
Tobacco Use in Top-Grossing Movies - United States, 2010-2018
The Surgeon General has concluded that there is a causal relationship between depictions of smoking in movies and initiation of smoking among young persons.
Racial/Ethnic and Age Group Differences in Opioid and Synthetic Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths Among Adults Aged ≥18 Years in Metropolitan Areas - United States, 2015-2017
Synthetic opioids are driving the recent increases in opioid-involved overdose deaths in the United States.
National Diabetes Month - November 2019
November is National Diabetes Month.
Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis - January 2018-June 2019
This report, based on updated health ministry data, describes progress to eradicate dracunculiasis during January 2018-June 2019 and updates previous reports.
Diabetes Prevalence and Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries - United States, 2001-2015
The prevalence of diabetes among adults aged ≥68 years has plateaued in recent years, and survey data and Medicare claims indicate that incidence has also declined.
QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Did Not Take Their Medication as Prescribed or Asked for Lower-Cost Medication to Save Money Among Those Prescribed Medication in the Past 12 Mon
In 2018, among adults aged ≥18 years who were prescribed medication in the past 12 months, the percentage who did not take their medication as prescribed to save money increased with the number of reported chronic conditions.
Novel Treatment of a Vaccinia Virus Infection from an Occupational Needlestick - San Diego, California, 2019
An unvaccinated laboratory worker with a needlestick exposure to vaccinia virus developed a lesion on her left index finger.
Global Routine Vaccination Coverage, 2018
The Global Vaccine Action Plan 2011-2020 calls on all countries to reach ≥90% national coverage with all vaccines in the country's national immunization schedule by 2020
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentages of Adults Aged 18-64 Years Who Never Felt Rested in the Past Week by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin - National Health Interview Survey, 2017-2018
During 2017-2018, among persons aged 18-64 years, women were more likely than men to report they never felt rested in the past week overall.
E-cigarette Use, or Vaping, Practices and Characteristics Among Persons with Associated Lung Injury - Utah, April-October 2019
This is a study of 83 Utah residents with confirmed and probable cases of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury.
Proficiency Testing of Viral Marker Screening in African Blood Centers - Seven African Countries, 2017
Following substantial investments in national blood transfusion service laboratories, in 2017 investigators tested proficiency at 84 blood center laboratories in seven African countries.
Vaccination Coverage by Age 24 Months Among Children Born in 2015 and 2016 - National Immunization Survey-Child, United States, 2016-2018
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends that children be vaccinated against 14 potentially serious illnesses during the first 24 months of life.
Erratum: Vol. 68, No. SS-8
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
QuickStats: Percentage of Women Aged ≥50 Years Who Have Had a Hysterectomy, by Race/Ethnicity and Year - National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2008 and 2018
The percentage of women aged ≥50 years who have had a hysterectomy decreased from 36.6% in 2008 to 31.7% in 2018.
...34353637383940414243...