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

Surveillance for Acute Flaccid Myelitis - United States, 2018-2022
This report describes acute flaccid myelitis cases in the U.S. during 2018-2022. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 1, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Early Estimates of Updated 2023-2024 (Monovalent XBB.1.5) COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Against Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection Attributable to Co-Circulating Omicron Variants Among Immunocompetent Adults - Increasing Community Access to Testing Program, United States, September 2023-January 2024
This report describes vaccine effectiveness for the updated COVID-19 vaccine in preventing symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 1, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Notes from the Field: Severe Vibrio vulnificus Infections During Heat Waves - Three Eastern U.S. States, July-August 2023
This report describes cases of Vibrio vulnificus infections after a period of heat waves in three eastern U.S. states. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 1, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Notes from the Field: Dengue Outbreak - Peru, 2023
This report describes an increase in dengue cases in Peru during 2023. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 1, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Notes from the Field: Cluster of Severe Illness from Neptune's Fix Tianeptine Linked to Synthetic Cannabinoids - New Jersey, June-November 2023
This report describes cases of tianeptine ingestion associated with severe illness. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 1, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Prevalence of Cardiometabolic Diseases Among Racial and Ethnic Subgroups in Adults - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2013-2021
This report describes the racial and ethnic disparities in the prevalence of diagnosed heart disease and diabetes. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - January 25, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Underuse of Antiviral Drugs to Prevent Progression to Severe COVID-19 - Veterans Health Administration, March-September 2022
This report describes a review of immunosuppressed patients with nonsevere COVID-19 who were not treated with an antiviral drug. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - January 25, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Deaths of U.S. Citizens Undergoing Cosmetic Surgery - Dominican Republic, 2009-2022
This report describes an increase in deaths of U.S. citizens after cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - January 25, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Notes from the Field: Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections After Cosmetic Surgery Procedures in Florida - Nine States, 2022-2023
This report describes an investigation of nontuberculous mycobacteria infections in patients who received a cosmetic procedure in Florida (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - January 25, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

MMWR Supplement: Overview and Methodology of the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Among Transgender Women - Seven Urban Areas, United States, 2019-2020
This report describes 2019-2020 data and system methods from the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Among Transgender Women. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - January 23, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news