Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Recap: Recent Episodes
Damicela Grace Calhoun, MPH
A sub-15-minute summary of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report each week to keep the public health workforce (and general public) updated on the latest public health information and recommendations.
Produced by Damicela Grace Calhoun, MPH.
Mental health effects of hurricane Irma — Male circumcision — Mental health symptoms in public health workers — In-person learning disparities in K-12 students
HIV Testing — Contraceptive services — COVID-19 workplace investigations — COVID-19 vaccinations
Racial disparities in drowning rates — Hepatitis A infections in men who have sex with men — Mental health in caregivers — Suspected suicide in 12-25 year olds — COVID-19 vaccination coverage among pregnant women
CDC's Technical Package for Preventing Suicide: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/pdf/suicideTechnicalPackage.pdf
Rubella elimination — COVID-19 effects on child vaccinations — Genomic surveillance of variants — Hospitalization of adolescents with COVID-19 — Decreases in COVID-19 cases post vaccinations
HIV incidence 1981-2019 — COVID-19 outcomes in HIV patients — Policy and funding effects on COVID-19 in South Sudan — Social vulnerability disparities in vaccines — Excess deaths in patients with end stage renal disease
Disparities in breastfeeding initiation — HIV viral load monitoring — COVID-19 prevention and testing in K-12 schools — Vaccine breakthrough COVID-19 infections
Water-related outbreaks — Self administered birth control — COVID-19 outbreaks at childcare facilities — Pfizer for adolescents — Vaccine effectiveness in healthcare workers — Urban vs rural disparities in COVID-19 vaccination
CDC's Model Aquatic Health Code: https://www.cdc.gov/mahc/index.html
Bike-related ED visits — Inflammatory Bowel Disease — Antigen test sensitivity — Community-based COVID-19 testing — COVID-19 variants — Vaccination initiative amongst elderly people
Nonfatal injuries in elderly adults — Polio surveillance — COVID-19 Vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization — Johnson & Johnson vaccine safety monitoring and anxiety-related events
CDC's STEADI initiative: https://www.cdc.gov/steadi/index.html
CDC's Still Going Strong campaign: https://www.cdc.gov/stillgoingstrong/index.html
Children with autism — Tick bites — Breakthrough COVID19 — COVID19 outbreak in skilled nursing facilities
Musculoskeletal disorders in construction workers — Airport traveler testing in Alaska — COVID-19 in correctional facilities with work release programs — Aircraft seating and COVID-19 exposure
Opioid epidemic costs — Emergency department visits — Racial/ethnic disparities — School-based RT PCR testing
Psittacosis RT-PCR testing — COVID-19 in Native Americans — U.S. COVID-19 mortality data — Bar reopening COVID-19 outbreak
Preventive services — COVID in correctional facilities — Population-based disparity analysis — Mental health — mRNA vaccine effectiveness
Tuberculosis — HPV vaccinations — HIV treatment — Social vulnerability and vaccines — COVID and school re-openings
Virtual learning — COVID mitigation — Disparities in COVID incidence — Second dose completion — Partial vaccine effectiveness
Accidental mushroom poisonings — HIV screening at tuberculosis clinics — SARS-CoV-2 variant P.1 — Case study of B.1.1.7 variant — Mask mandates, in person dining, and COVID cases + deaths — Body mass index and COVID case severity
E-cigarettes — Giardiasis — Army healthcare workers — Antibody testing in youth —COVID in gyms — Population impact of vaccines — Johnson and Johnson vaccine
Suicide rates — Hepatitis A — COVID-19 reinfections — Variant strains — Vaccine safety — Infections in schools
HIV care in black people — Lupus mortality in Asians and Latinos — Telehealth trends during COVID — Vaccine declines in Medicare beneficiaries — Hazard control usage in non-healthcare workers — Mask variations and their effectiveness
Immunization updates — Heart issues in people with heart defects — Geographic trends in overdose deaths — Mask wearing correctness in colleges — Mask mandates’ effect on COVID-19 hospitalizations — Reasons for vaccine hesitation in priority groups
Sexual orientation disparities in risk factors for adverse COVID-19 outcomes — Decreases in blood lead level testing in children under 6yo — Racial and ethnic disparities in mental health during the pandemic — Violence prevalence in American youth — Demographic characteristics of people vaccinated in first month of vaccine rollout — Vaccination coverage in skilled nursing facilities
Cervical cancer screening rates before and during the pandemic —Trends in outbreak-associated COVID 19 cases — University response to a COVID-19 outbreak — West Nile Virus Spike in Arizona — Anaphylaxis cases after first Moderna dose — The NFL's COVID-19 strategy — COVID-19 transmission in K-12 schools — COVID-19 outbreak at Florida wrestling tournament
Articles covered:
- Fruit and veggie consumption in adolescents —
- Vaccinations in kindergarteners —
- COVID contact tracing —
- COVID trends in the younger population —
- Emergence of UK COVID variant —
- Evaluation of Abbott BinaxNOW rapid antigen test —
- Cancer Screening Test Receipt — United States, 2018
- CDC’s Emergency Management Program Activities — Worldwide, 2013–2018
- Assessment of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Surveillance — Pennsylvania, 2019
- Allergic Reactions Including Anaphylaxis After Receipt of the First Dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, December 14–23, 2020
- Rates of COVID-19 Among Residents and Staff Members in Nursing Homes — United States, May 25–November 22, 2020
- Candida auris Outbreak in a COVID-19 Specialty Care Unit — Florida, July–August 2020
- Mitigation Policies and COVID-19–Associated Mortality — 37 European Countries, January 23–June 30, 2020
Articles summarized:
Predicted Heart Age Among Cancer Survivors — United States, 2013–2017 //// Time from Start of Quarantine to SARS-CoV-2 Positive Test Among Quarantined College and University Athletes — 17 States, June–October 2020 //// Assessment of Day-7 Postexposure Testing of Asymptomatic Contacts of COVID-19 Patients to Evaluate Early Release from Quarantine — Vermont, May–November 2020 //// Opening of Large Institutions of Higher Education and County-Level COVID-19 Incidence — United States, July 6–September 17, 2020 //// Participation in Fraternity and Sorority Activities and the Spread of COVID-19 Among Residential University Communities — Arkansas, August 21–September 5, 2020
Articles summarized:
- Implications of Shortened Quarantine Among Household Contacts of Index Patients with Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection — Tennessee and Wisconsin, April–September 2020
- Opportunities to Address Men’s Health During the Perinatal Period — Puerto Rico, 2017
- Performance of an Antigen-Based Test for Asymptomatic and Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Testing at Two University Campuses — Wisconsin, September–October 2020
- Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Global Poliovirus Surveillance
- The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Interim Recommendation for Use of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, December 2020
- The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Updated Interim Recommendation for Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, December 2020