Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

May is Hepatitis Awareness Month, and May 19 is Hepatitis Testing Day. Many people with hepatitis B and hepatitis C remain unaware of their infection until serious complications occur.

Addressing social determinants of health and applying tailored strategies to reduce human immunodeficiency virus incidence in black women and their partners are key elements to achieving health equity.

The percentage of persons of all ages who delayed seeking medical care in the past 12 months because of worry about the cost decreased from 8.2% in 2012 to 6.3% in 2017.

During 2016-2018, reports of hepatitis A infections in the United States increased by 294% compared with 2013-2015.

Following systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients carefully defined in a population-based registry, standardized mortality ratios were two to four times higher in persons with SLE than in the general population.

Among pregnancy-related deaths for which timing was known, approximately three in five pregnancy-related deaths were preventable.

Arthritis Awareness Month, led by the Arthritis Foundation, is observed each May to bring attention to arthritis and its impact.

During 2017-2018, a resurgence of measles occurred in the European Region, with large-scale outbreaks in Ukraine, Serbia, and some countries that had achieved elimination.

From 2016 to 2017, death rates involving cocaine and psychostimulants increased across age groups, racial/ethnic groups, county urbanization levels, and multiple states.

In October 2018, the Vermont Department of Health notified CDC of an outbreak of diarrhea caused by Shigella sonnei in a retirement community in Chittenden County.

In 2017, among adults with arthritis, age-standardized, state-specific prevalence of both severe joint pain and physical inactivity were highest in southeastern states.

Sampling of poultry shipment boxes upon arrival at agricultural feed stores in the spring can provide an early indicator of Salmonella species present in hatchery-sourced live poultry.

Among employed adults aged ≥18 years, women (43.5%) were more likely than men (37.0%) to have missed at least one day of work because of illness or injury.

During January 1-April 26, 2019, a total of 704 cases were reported, the highest number of cases reported in any year since 1994.

CDC reports on use and outcomes of assisted reproductive technology in the United States.

The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Analysis of 2015-2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data found that 11.5% of pregnant women reported current drinking, and 3.9% reported binge drinking during the past 30 days.

In 2017, compared with adults currently working, the percentage of adults who reported feeling worried, nervous, or anxious daily or weekly was higher among those looking for work.

Investigation identified an outbreak of at least 12 hepatitis C virus infections in patients who had received opioid injections from a nurse who admitted to diverting injectable narcotic drugs.

Regulatory agencies continue to implement new controls to decrease contamination of food that leads to most Campylobacter and Salmonella infections.

The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Among adults aged ≥18 years, women (15.0%) were more likely than men (8.8%) to have been told by a health professional that they had sinusitis.

During 2008-2016, high-grade cervical lesions rates declined in women aged 18-24 years targeted by the human papillomavirus vaccination program.

Early intervention is critical to preventing the adverse effects of violence victimization in Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia.

In July 2018, a family requested assistance identifying an insect that had bitten their child's face during the late evening hours.

From 2017 to mid-November 2018, the number of human immunodeficiency virus diagnoses among Seattle heterosexuals who inject drugs increased 286%.

During September 14-October 1, 2018, the Minnesota Department of Health was notified of six children hospitalized with symptoms consistent with acute flaccid myelitis.

Data on 27,340 overdose deaths revealed 0.56% of these decedents tested positive for kratom on postmortem toxicology.

From 2011 to 2017, the percentage of persons in families having problems paying medical bills decreased from 19.7% to 14.6%.

As of August 28, 2018, 664 outbreak-associated hepatitis A cases were identified by the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department.

In 2017, approximately one in eight men who have sex with men had an extragenital chlamydial or gonococcal infection.

In 2018, CDC was notified about students hospitalized for pneumonia of unknown etiology after returning from Mexico.

Among 249 confirmed cases of hepatitis A virus infection, 4% occurred among persons with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

In September 2017, an outbreak of suspected cyanide poisoning related to consumption of cassava flour, involving 98 cases with two deaths, occurred in western Uganda.

The estimated nonfatal assault rate among older U.S. adults increased 75.4% among men (2002-2016) and 35.4% among women (2007-2016).

Among adults aged ≥18 years, 13.9% were without a usual place of health care in 2017.

Sensitive surveillance is the cornerstone of polio eradication programs.

During 2013-2017, an estimated 2.4 million U.S. working adults aged ≥18 years who never smoked had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

In the fall of 2014, an outbreak of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68)-associated acute respiratory illness (ARI) occurred in the United States; before 2014, EV-D68 was rarely reported to CDC.

During 2008-2017, the percentage of adults aged ≥18 years who met federal guidelines for aerobic physical activity through leisure-time activity increased from 43.5% in 2008 to 54.1% in 2017

From September 2015 to March 2018, CDC confirmed four cases of cutaneous diphtheria caused by toxin-producing Corynebacterium diphtheriae in patients from Minnesota (two), Washington (one), and New Mexico (one).

In early summer 2018, four cases of Colorado tick fever (CTF) were reported in residents of central Oregon; CTF virus infection was confirmed using CDC's reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay

In the report "Deaths Related to Hurricane Irma - Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina, September 4-October 10, 2017," on page 829, the sixth sentence of the fifth paragraph should have read

Candidemia, a bloodstream infection caused by Candida species, is typically considered a health care-associated infection, with known risk factors including the presence of a central venous catheter, receipt of total parenteral nutrition or broad-spectrum antibiotics, recent abdominal surgery, admission to an intensive care unit, and prolonged hospitalization.

In 2018, a total of 9,029 new tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported in the United States, representing a 0.7% decrease from 2017.

Worldwide, tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from a single infectious disease agent and the leading cause of death among persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, accounting for approximately 40% of deaths in this population.

World TB Day is observed each year on March 24. This observance provides an opportunity to raise awareness about tuberculosis (TB) and the measures needed to find, treat, and prevent this devastating disease.

In 2017, more women (12.7%) than men (8.8%) reported that at some time during the past 12 months they needed dental care but didn't get it because they couldn't afford it.

Medical treatment has substantially improved the health, quality of life, and life expectancy of persons with HIV infection.