Top 5 Takeaways Significant progress in measles vaccination coverage: From 2003 to 2020, estimated coverage for the first and second doses of measles-containing vaccine (MCV1 and MCV2) in the South-East
Category: MMWR Booster
Top 5 Takeaways Similar Adverse Reaction Frequencies: Children aged 5–11 years reported local and systemic reactions to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster dose with similar frequency as after the second
Top 5 Takeaways Significant Proportion of Hospitals Lack Donor Milk: 13.0% of U.S. hospitals with level III or IV neonatal intensive care units reported that donor milk was not available
Top 5 Takeaways Significant Increase in Hospitalizations Among Older Adults: During the Omicron BA.2 variant predominance, hospitalization rates among adults aged ≥65 years showed a threefold increase, highlighting the heightened
Top 5 Takeaways High Rate of Contamination: In a study, 70% of sampled household objects and surfaces in a home of two monkeypox patients tested positive for monkeypox virus DNA
Top 5 Takeaways Outbreak Identification: The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) reported a coccidioidomycosis outbreak among 7 wildland firefighters from two crews exposed near the Tehachapi
Top 5 Takeaways Elimination of Dog-maintained Rabies Virus Variant (DMRVV) in the US: The US eliminated DMRVV in 2007. However, between 2015-2019, three rabid dogs were imported from Egypt, where
Top 5 Takeaways Significant Impact of One-Time Partnerships: Despite accounting for less than 3% of total daily partnerships, one-time sexual partnerships are responsible for approximately 50% of daily Monkeypox virus
Top 5 Takeaways Increasing Trend of Nonfatal Opioid Overdoses: The rate of nonfatal opioid-involved overdose EMS encounters rose on average by 4.0% quarterly from 98.1 to 179.1 per 10,000 EMS
Top 5 Takeaways Variability in Long COVID Prevalence: The age- and sex-standardized prevalence of Long COVID among adults varies significantly across U.S. states and territories, ranging from 1.9% in the