MMWR Weekly Briefing

This episode discusses three MMWR reports. The first report examines ventilation improvement strategies in K-12 public schools. The second report describes racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 vaccination coverage. And the last report highlights the characteristics of adults evaluated for substance use and treatment planning.

This episode discusses three MMWR reports. The first report examines CDC's emergency response to a multistate monkeypox outbreak. The second report describes COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths among Alaska Native people. And the last report highlights pediatric melatonin poisonings in the United States over the last decade.

This episode discusses four MMWR reports. The first report examines ACIP's recommendation for use of the JYNNEOS vaccine in people aged 18 years and older at risk for occupational exposure to orthopoxviruses such as monkeypox. The second report describes post-COVID conditions among adult COVID-19 survivors aged 18 years and older. The third report highlights barriers to and disparities in access t...

This episode discusses four MMWR reports. The first report highlights the effectiveness of a COVID-19 additional primary or booster dose among nursing home residents. The second report examines modifiable risk factors for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias among adults aged 45 years and older. The third report highlights changes in firearm homicide and suicide rates in the United States fro...

This episode discusses four MMWR reports. The first report highlights children ages 5-11 years hospitalized with COVID-19. The second report examines vaccination coverage among children in kindergarten. The third report highlights mortality data in the United States in 2021. And the last report looks at the COVID-19 death rates by race and ethnicity.

This episode discusses three MMWR reports. The first report highlights COVID-19 death rates and vaccine coverage in Hong Kong during the ongoing Omicron COVID-19 outbreak. The second report examines 10 people infected with the Omicron variant within 90 days of being infected with Delta. And the last report looks at the effectiveness of mRNA vaccination after previous infection in preventing COVID-...

This episode discusses eight MMWR reports. This week, MMWR released a supplement of five reports looking at adolescent behaviors and experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sixth report highlights the increased use of at-home COVID-19 testing in the United States. The seventh report examines heart complications after COVID-19 infection and mRNA COVID-19 vaccination. And the last report looks...

This episode discusses four MMWR reports. The first report looks at hospitalizations of infants and children ages 4 and younger with COVID-19. The second report highlights the effectiveness of the mRNA vaccination in preventing COVID-19-associated mechanical ventilation and death. The third report examines COVID-19-associated hospitalizations among adults during Omicron by race and ethnicity. And...

This episode discusses three MMWR reports. The first report looks at the impact of universal masking policies in K-12 school districts on COVID-19 incidence. The second report highlights the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in preventing COVID-19 among children and teens. And the last report examines access to COVID-19 vaccine providers and vaccination coverage among children aged 5-11...

This episode discusses three MMWR reports. The first report looks at safety monitoring of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses among people aged 12-17 years. The second report examines the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in preventing COVID-19-associated emergency department and urgent care encounters and hospitalizations among children and teens. And the last report highlights the increasi...

This episode discusses nine MMWR reports. The first report looks at the effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 vaccination among pregnant people against hospitalizations in infants younger than 6 months. The second report examines hospitalizations of children and teens with confirmed COVID-19. The next two reports look at changes in pediatric emergency department visits before and during the COVID-19 pand...

This episode discusses five MMWR reports. The first report looks at the effectiveness of masks in indoor settings for the prevention of COVID-19. The next report looks at the clinical characteristics and outcomes of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 during Omicron and Delta predominance. The third report examines COVID-19 infection and hospitalizations by vaccination status before and during Omicr...

This episode discusses two MMWR reports. The first report looks at trends in disease severity and health care utilization during the early Omicron variant period. And the second report looks at the effectiveness of a third dose of an mRNA vaccine in preventing COVID-19 hospitalization among adults with and without weakened immune systems.

This episode discusses six MMWR reports. The first report looks at racial and ethnic disparities in receipt of monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of COVID-19. The next three reports examine the protection provided by COVID-19 vaccines, including booster doses, during periods of Delta and Omicron variant emergence. The fifth report examines updated ACIP guidance for the use of Johnson & Johnso...

This episode discusses four MMWR reports. The first report looks at the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children ages 12-17 years. The next report looks at the risk for newly diagnosed diabetes after COVID-19 infection among children. The third report examines COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and its association with preterm or small-f...

This episode discusses four MMWR reports. This first report looks at an Omicron variant cluster among a single household in Nebraska. The next report looks at vaccine safety in children ages 5-11 years. The third report examines the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in preventing infection among adolescents ages 12-17 years. And the last report describes the characteristics and clinical...

This episode discusses five MMWR reports. This first report looks at the impact of a health care provider recommendation on vaccination status and attitudes among adults. The next two reports explore a testing strategy among k-12 schools in Los Angeles County, California and Lake County, Illinois. And the last two describe cases of a rare fungal infection reported by clinicians in Honduras and Ark...

This episode discusses four MMWR reports. This first report looks at the U.S. response to the Omicron variant. The second highlights receipt of booster doses among adults ages 65 years and older. The third looks at the effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna mRNA vaccines in preventing COVID-19-associated hospitalizations among older veterans. And the fourth report highlights vaccination rate...

This episode discusses six MMWR reports. The first two emphasize the risks associated with COVID-19 during pregnancy. The third report looks at infection rates, hospitalizations, and deaths among members of a large heath system. The fourth looks at health care access and use among adults with diabetes during COVID-19. The fifth report explores the impact surges in COVID-19 cases have on hospital s...

This episode discusses two MMWR reports. The first highlights ACIP's interim recommendation for the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine in children ages 5-11 years. And the second looks at the effectiveness of mRNA vaccination among immunocompromised and immunocompetent adults.

This episode discusses four MMWR reports: two about COVID-19 and two related to lead and other metal exposures in honor of National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. The first report describes ACIP recommendations for additional primary doses and booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine. The second report looks at infection-induced immunity versus vaccine-induced immunity. The third report examines blood l...

This episode discusses three MMWR COVID-19 reports. The first report highlights the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination against hospitalization in adolescents. The next report evaluated COVID-19 vaccine safety and found no increased risk of death among COVID-19 vaccine recipients. And the last report describes the proportion of COVID-19 hospitalizations and severe outcomes during the period when...

The first report looks at the safety of an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine. The next two highlight the association between K-12 school mask policies and pediatric COVID-19 cases. The fourth describes COVID-19-related school closures and disruptions. And the last report looks at trends in anxiety and depression among adults during the pandemic.

This episode discusses four MMWR COVID-19 reports. The first looks at the rate of BMI increase in children during the pandemic. The next report highlights the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines by vaccine type. The third examines detailed race data from Hawaii to better understand COVID-19 cases and deaths among the population. The last report looks at COVID symptoms months after a positive test.

This episode discusses six MMWR COVID-19 reports. TThe first three reports look at the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, including during the rise of the Delta variant. The fourth report highlights how untreated wastewater is being used to detect community infection trends. The next report describes the frequency of long-term symptoms of COVID-19, and the last report looks at a modified quaranti...