Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report

Clinical Guidance Considerations in Choosing JYNNEOS or ACAM2000 for Primary Vaccination JYNNEOS involves a replication-deficient virus and has fewer contraindications, no risk for inadvertent inoculation and autoinoculation, and is…

During 2018-2020, 1,508 deaths occurred involving injuries from recreational and nonrecreational use of watercraft.

This report describes the rate of unintentional traumatic brain injury deaths in persons 19 and younger.

Discussion Fifty percent of persons with HIV infection diagnosed in 2015 had been infected for at least 3 years, and a quarter had been infected for ≥7 years. Diagnosis delays varied substantially by population. Although the percentage…

Jonas Z. Hines, MD1; Onkemetse Conrad Ntsuape2; Kananga Malaba, MD3; Tiruneh Zegeye, MD4; Kennedy Serrem, MD5; Elijah Odoyo-June, PhD6; Rose Kolola Nyirenda, MSc7; Wezi Msungama, MPH8; Kondwani Nkanaunena, MS8; Jotamo Come, MD9;…

Kristin Brown, MPH1; Daniel B. Williams, MA1; Steve Kinchen1; Suzue Saito, MA, MIA2; Elizabeth Radin, PhD2; Hetal Patel1; Andrea Low, MD, PhD2; Stephen Delgado, PhD2; Owen Mugurungi, MD3; Godfrey Musuka, DVM2; Beth A. Tippett; Barr,…

Summary What is already known about this topic? Persons who inject drugs are at increased risk for acquiring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. In 2012, National HIV Behavioral Surveillance found an overall 11% prevalence…

Ugonna C. Ijeoma, MD1,2; Sin Sansam, MD3; Sok Srun, MD3; Hoy Vannara, MD3; Sou Sanith, MD3; Tek Sopheap, MD3; Robert D. Newman, MD2; Renuka Gadde, MBA4; Selenic Dejana, MD2; Ahmed Saadani Hassani, MD2; Vanthy Ly, MD2; Bakary Drammeh,…

Summary What is already known about this topic? African Americans/Blacks (blacks) accounted for a disproportionally high percentage of persons living with diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in 2014. Between…

Summary What is already known about this topic? Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) accounts for most deaths from chronic lower respiratory diseases, the fourth leading cause of death in 2019 in the United States. COPD…