Week of February 12, 2024
MMWR Weekly Briefing
English - February 22, 2024 18:38 - 6 minutes - 15.1 MBScience hepatitis c hiv/aids influenza (flu) malaria measles mmwr mmwr summaries mpox polio (poliomyelitis) public health Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This episode discusses four MMWR reports. First, improved reporting for Lyme disease helps track and monitor cases. Second, smoking overtakes injection as the primary route of drug use in U.S. overdose deaths. Third, a hepatitis A vaccination campaign helps prevent an outbreak at the Los Angeles County jail. Finally, in 2022 the percentage of U.S. adults who experienced Long COVID was higher in some U.S. states.