Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Vaccination

Vaccination coverage down in kindergarteners during 2021 to 2022

For children in kindergarten, vaccination coverage was lower for all vaccines in the 2021 to 2022 school year compared with the 2020 to 2021 school year, according to research published in the Jan. 13 issue of the U.S. Centers ...

Pediatrics

Vaccine coverage by age 24 months unchanged during pandemic

Vaccine coverage by age 24 months was generally similar during the pandemic versus prepandemic, but coverage disparities remain, according to research published in the Jan. 13 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Mpox cases reported in cisgender women

Mpox cases reported in cisgender women represent 2.7 percent of all reported cases, according to research published in the Jan. 6 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Fewer symptoms for mpox infection seen after vaccination

Individuals with mpox infection ≥14 days after receipt of one JYNNEOS vaccine dose have less hospitalization, fever, headache, malaise, myalgia, and chills compared with unvaccinated individuals, according to research published ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Coinfection with flu, SARS-CoV-2 described in children

In a report published in the Dec. 16 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, data are presented on coinfection with influenza and severe acute respiratory syndrome ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New surveillance case definition developed for MIS-C

A new surveillance case definition for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has been developed, according to research ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

About 10 percent of deaths among ever-employed linked to COPD in 2020

About 10 percent of deaths among ever-employed persons aged 15 years and older were associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in 2020, according to research published in the Dec. 9 issue of the U.S. Centers ...

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