Interim Effectiveness of Updated 2023-2024 (Monovalent XBB.1.5) COVID-19 Vaccines Against COVID-19-Associated Emergency Department and Urgent Care Encounters and Hospitalization Among Immunocompetent Adults Aged ≥18 Years - VISION and IVY Networks, September 2023-January 2024
This report describes vaccine effectiveness for the updated 2023-24 COVID-19 vaccine. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 29, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

SUPPLEMENT: Background and Rationale - CDC Guidance for Communities Assessing, Investigating, and Responding to Suicide Clusters, United States, 2024
This report describes updated guidance for communities assessing, investigating, and responding to suicide clusters. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 27, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

SUPPLEMENT: CDC Guidance for Community Assessment and Investigation of Suspected Suicide Clusters, United States, 2024
This report describes updated guidance for community assessment and investigation of suspected suicide clusters. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 27, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Lacked Reliable Transportation for Daily Living in the Past 12 Months, by Disability Status and Age Group - National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2022
This report describes the percentage of adults who didn't have reliable transportation for daily living in the past 12 months. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 22, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Progress Toward Measles Elimination - World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2019-2022
This report describes progress toward measles elimination in the World Health Organization's Eastern Mediterranean Region. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 22, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Notes from the Field: Reemergence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Children and Adolescents After the COVID-19 Pandemic, United States, 2018-2024
This report describes an increase in Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a common cause of respiratory illness, beginning in fall 2023. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 22, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Surveillance for Lyme Disease After Implementation of a Revised Case Definition - United States, 2022
This report describes the first year of Lyme disease surveillance data collected using the 2022 case definition compared to cases reported during 2017-2019. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 15, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Routes of Drug Use Among Drug Overdose Deaths - United States, 2020-2022
This report describes different routes of drug use observed in drug overdose deaths. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 15, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Hepatitis A Exposure Response and Outbreak Prevention in a Large Urban Jail - Los Angeles County, California, May-July 2023
This report describes Correctional Health Services and LA County Jail's response to a confirmed case of Hepatitis A in a person who is incarcerated. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 15, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Notes from the Field: Long COVID Prevalence Among Adults - United States, 2022
This report describes the prevalence of adults who reported ever experiencing Long COVID. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 15, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Characteristics of Alcohol, Marijuana, and Other Drug Use Among Persons Aged 13-18 Years Being Assessed for Substance Use Disorder Treatment - United States, 2014-2022
This report describes self-reported reasons for drug and alcohol use among teens in the U.S. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 8, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Selection of Antibiotics as Prophylaxis for Close Contacts of Patients with Meningococcal Disease in Areas with Ciprofloxacin Resistance - United States, 2024
This report describes CDC guidance for health departments for using a preferred selection of antibiotics when an area has reached a certain threshold of ciprofloxacin-resistant, meningococcal cases. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 8, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Severe Work-Related Injuries in the Oil and Gas Extraction Industry - 32 Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration Jurisdictions, United States, January 2015-July 2022
This report describes severe work-related injuries among oil and gas extraction workers. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 8, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Comparison of Administration of 8-Milligram and 4-Milligram Intranasal Naloxone by Law Enforcement During Response to Suspected Opioid Overdose - New York, March 2022-August 2023
This report describes real-world comparisons of survival, the average number of doses administered, the presence of postnaloxone signs and symptoms, and hospital transport refusal among people receiving 8-mg and 4-mg intranasal naloxone. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 8, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Notes from the Field: Rapidly Linking an Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium Infections to Domestically Grown Cantaloupes Through Early Collaboration - United States, 2022
This report describes the use of bacterial genetic data to quickly identify cantaloupes as the source of a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 8, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news