Nishant Kishore, Elizabeth Krow-Lucal, O. Diop, J. Jorba, Tigran Avagnan, Varja Grabovac, A. Kfutwah, T. Johnson, Sudhir Joshi, L. Sangal, S. Sharif, Ashraf Wahdan, G. Tallis, Stephanie D Kovacs
{"title":"Surveillance To Track Progress Toward Polio Eradication — Worldwide, 2022–2023","authors":"Nishant Kishore, Elizabeth Krow-Lucal, O. Diop, J. Jorba, Tigran Avagnan, Varja Grabovac, A. Kfutwah, T. Johnson, Sudhir Joshi, L. Sangal, S. Sharif, Ashraf Wahdan, G. Tallis, Stephanie D Kovacs","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.mm7313a1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7313a1","url":null,"abstract":"The reliable and timely detection of poliovirus cases through surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), supplemented by environmental surveillance of sewage samples, is a critical component of the polio eradication program. Since 1988, the number of polio cases caused by wild poliovirus (WPV) has declined by >99.9%, and eradication of WPV serotypes 2 and 3 has been certified; only serotype 1 (WPV1) continues to circulate, and transmission remains endemic in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This surveillance update evaluated indicators from AFP surveillance, environmental surveillance for polioviruses, and Global Polio Laboratory Network performance data provided by 28 priority countries for the program during 2022-2023. No WPV1 cases have been detected outside of Afghanistan and Pakistan since August 2022, when an importation into Malawi and Mozambique resulted in an outbreak during 2021-2022. During 2022-2023, among 28 priority countries, 20 (71.4%) met national AFP surveillance indicator targets, and the number of environmental surveillance sites increased. However, low national rates of reported AFP cases in priority countries in 2023 might have resulted from surveillance reporting lags; substantial national and subnational AFP surveillance gaps persist. Maintaining high-quality surveillance is critical to achieving the goal of global polio eradication. Monitoring surveillance indicators is important to identifying gaps and guiding surveillance-strengthening activities, particularly in countries at high risk for poliovirus circulation.","PeriodicalId":18931,"journal":{"name":"Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report","volume":"30 21","pages":"278 - 285"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140744743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Notice to Readers: Change in Publication Date of QuickStats","authors":"","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.mm7313a3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7313a3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18931,"journal":{"name":"Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report","volume":"17 1","pages":"291 - 291"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140741382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Roua El Kalach, Nkenge H. Jones-Jack, Mattie A Elam, A. Olorukooba, Marley Vazquez, Shannon Stokley, Sarah Meyer, S. McGarvey, Kimvy Nguyen, L. G. Scharf, Latreace Harris, Christopher Duggar, Lori B Moore
{"title":"Federal Retail Pharmacy Program Contributions to Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 Vaccinations Across Sociodemographic Characteristics — United States, September 1, 2022–September 30, 2023","authors":"Roua El Kalach, Nkenge H. Jones-Jack, Mattie A Elam, A. Olorukooba, Marley Vazquez, Shannon Stokley, Sarah Meyer, S. McGarvey, Kimvy Nguyen, L. G. Scharf, Latreace Harris, Christopher Duggar, Lori B Moore","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.mm7313a2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7313a2","url":null,"abstract":"The Federal Retail Pharmacy Program (FRPP) facilitated integration of pharmacies as partners in national efforts to scale up vaccination capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic emergency response. To evaluate FRPP's contribution to vaccination efforts across various sociodemographic groups, data on COVID-19 bivalent mRNA vaccine doses administered during September 1, 2022-September 30, 2023, were evaluated from two sources: 1) FRPP data reported directly to CDC and 2) jurisdictional immunization information systems data reported to CDC from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and freely associated states. Among 59.8 million COVID-19 bivalent vaccine doses administered in the United States during this period, 40.5 million (67.7%) were administered by FRPP partners. The proportion of COVID-19 bivalent doses administered by FRPP partners ranged from 5.9% among children aged 6 months-4 years to 70.6% among adults aged 18-49 years. Among some racial and ethnic minority groups (e.g., Hispanic or Latino, non-Hispanic Black or African American, non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, and non-Hispanic Asian persons), ≥45% of COVID-19 bivalent vaccine doses were administered by FRPP partners. Further, in urban and rural areas, FRPP partners administered 81.6% and 60.0% of bivalent vaccine doses, respectively. The FRPP partnership administered approximately two thirds of all bivalent COVID-19 vaccine doses in the United States and provided vaccine access for persons across a wide range of sociodemographic groups, demonstrating that this program could serve as a model to address vaccination services needs for routine vaccines and to provide health services in other public health emergencies.","PeriodicalId":18931,"journal":{"name":"Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report","volume":"9 7","pages":"286 - 290"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140745594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah Kidd, Thomas A. Clark, J. Routh, Sybil Cineas, Lynn Bahta, Oliver Brooks
{"title":"Use of Inactivated Polio Vaccine Among U.S. Adults: Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, 2023","authors":"Sarah Kidd, Thomas A. Clark, J. Routh, Sybil Cineas, Lynn Bahta, Oliver Brooks","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.mm7249a3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7249a3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18931,"journal":{"name":"Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report","volume":"26 12","pages":"1327 - 1330"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138589320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nárjara V. Grossmann, Crystal Milne, Melinda R. Martinez, Karen Relucio, Banafsheh Sadeghi, Erica N. Wiley, Samuel N. Holland, Sarah Rutschmann, D. Vugia, Akiko Kimura, Chad Crain, Farhima Akter, Rituparna Mukhopadhyay, John Crandall, Meghann Shorrock, Jessica C. Smith, Namrata Prasad, Rebecca Kahn, Albert E. Barskey, Sooji Lee, Melisa J. Willby, N. Kozak-Muiznieks, Claressa E. Lucas, Kelley C. Henderson, Jennafer A. P. Hamlin, Eungi Yang, Nakia S Clemmons, Troy Ritter, Jennifer Henn
{"title":"Large Community Outbreak of Legionnaires Disease Potentially Associated with a Cooling Tower — Napa County, California, 2022","authors":"Nárjara V. Grossmann, Crystal Milne, Melinda R. Martinez, Karen Relucio, Banafsheh Sadeghi, Erica N. Wiley, Samuel N. Holland, Sarah Rutschmann, D. Vugia, Akiko Kimura, Chad Crain, Farhima Akter, Rituparna Mukhopadhyay, John Crandall, Meghann Shorrock, Jessica C. Smith, Namrata Prasad, Rebecca Kahn, Albert E. Barskey, Sooji Lee, Melisa J. Willby, N. Kozak-Muiznieks, Claressa E. Lucas, Kelley C. Henderson, Jennafer A. P. Hamlin, Eungi Yang, Nakia S Clemmons, Troy Ritter, Jennifer Henn","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.mm7249a1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7249a1","url":null,"abstract":"Legionnaires disease is a serious infection acquired by inhalation of water droplets from human-made building water systems that contain Legionella bacteria.","PeriodicalId":18931,"journal":{"name":"Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report","volume":"85 11","pages":"1315 - 1320"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138586648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erin F. Blau, M. Balakrishnan, Helena Sköld, Ravi Shankar Santhana Gopala Krishnan, Pinelopi Lundquist, Shanthi Pal, Jane F. Gidudu
{"title":"Progress in Immunization Safety Monitoring — Worldwide, 2020–2022","authors":"Erin F. Blau, M. Balakrishnan, Helena Sköld, Ravi Shankar Santhana Gopala Krishnan, Pinelopi Lundquist, Shanthi Pal, Jane F. Gidudu","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.mm7249a2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7249a2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18931,"journal":{"name":"Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report","volume":"8 37","pages":"1321 - 1326"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138586431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Robert McDonald, Kevin O'Callaghan, Elizabeth Torrone, Lindley Barbee, Jeremy Grey, David Jackson, Kate Woodworth, Emily Olsen, Jennifer Ludovic, Nikki Mayes, Sherry Chen, Rachel Wingard, Michelle Johnson Jones, Fanta Drame, Laura Bachmann, Raul Romaguera, Leandro Mena
{"title":"<i>Vital Signs</i>: Missed Opportunities for Preventing Congenital Syphilis — United States, 2022","authors":"Robert McDonald, Kevin O'Callaghan, Elizabeth Torrone, Lindley Barbee, Jeremy Grey, David Jackson, Kate Woodworth, Emily Olsen, Jennifer Ludovic, Nikki Mayes, Sherry Chen, Rachel Wingard, Michelle Johnson Jones, Fanta Drame, Laura Bachmann, Raul Romaguera, Leandro Mena","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.mm7246e1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7246e1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18931,"journal":{"name":"Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report","volume":"326 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135475446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<i>QuickStats:</i> Age-Adjusted Drug Overdose Death Rates* Involving Cocaine,† by Region§ — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2021","authors":"","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.mm7241a4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7241a4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18931,"journal":{"name":"Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135805244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}