Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Recap

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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.


    • Jul 7, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    July 2, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 7:31


    Mental health effects of hurricane Irma — Male circumcision — Mental health symptoms in public health workers — In-person learning disparities in K-12 students

    June 25, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 6:08


    HIV Testing — Contraceptive services — COVID-19 workplace investigations — COVID-19 vaccinations

    June 18, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 10:19


    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

    June 11, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 12:53


    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

    June 4, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2021 13:16


    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

    May 28, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 13:11


    Disparities in breastfeeding initiation — HIV viral load monitoring — COVID-19 prevention and testing in K-12 schools — Vaccine breakthrough COVID-19 infections

    May 21, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2021 13:26


    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

    May 14, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 14:55


    Bike-related ED visits — Inflammatory Bowel Disease — Antigen test sensitivity — Community-based COVID-19 testing — COVID-19 variants — Vaccination initiative amongst elderly people

    May 7, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 13:31


    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

    April 30, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 8:19


    Children with autism — Tick bites — Breakthrough COVID19 — COVID19 outbreak in skilled nursing facilities

    April 23, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 8:34


    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

    April 16, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 8:24


    Opioid epidemic costs — Emergency department visits — Racial/ethnic disparities — School-based RT PCR testing

    April 9, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 10:43


    Psittacosis RT-PCR testing — COVID-19 in Native Americans — U.S. COVID-19 mortality data — Bar reopening COVID-19 outbreak

    April 2, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 12:22


    Preventive services — COVID in correctional facilities — Population-based disparity analysis — Mental health — mRNA vaccine effectiveness

    March 26, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 12:27


    Tuberculosis — HPV vaccinations — HIV treatment — Social vulnerability and vaccines — COVID and school re-openings

    March 19, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 12:00


    Virtual learning — COVID mitigation — Disparities in COVID incidence — Second dose completion — Partial vaccine effectiveness

    March 12, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 11:48


    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

    March 5, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 11:13


    E-cigarettes — Giardiasis — Army healthcare workers — Antibody testing in youth —COVID in gyms — Population impact of vaccines — Johnson and Johnson vaccine

    Feb 26, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 10:32


    Suicide rates — Hepatitis A — COVID-19 reinfections — Variant strains — Vaccine safety — Infections in schools

    Feb 19, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 11:10


    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

    Feb 12, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 10:10


    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

    February 5, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 26:42


    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

    January 29, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 26:19


    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

    January 22, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 16:19


    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 —

    January 15, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 17:39


    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

    January 8, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 27:17


    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

    January 1, 2021 Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 27:27


    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

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