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Characteristics of Women of Reproductive Age with Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Pregnancy Status

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Recommendations and Reports
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Assessing Solid Organ Donors and Monitoring Transplant Recipients for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus Infection — U.S. Public Health Service Guideline, 2020

Over 110,000 patients need a lifesaving organ transplant. The U.S. Public Health Service is releasing new guidance to increase the use of available organs and enhance safety measures to protect transplant patients from infections.

WEEKLY REPORT

Characteristics of Women of Reproductive Age with Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Pregnancy Status — United States, January 20–June 7, 2020

CDC compared data on pregnant and nonpregnant women with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and found that pregnant women are more likely to be at increased risk for intensive care unit admission and receipt of mechanical ventilation than are nonpregnant women.
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QUICKSTATS
The figure is a bar chart showing the age-adjusted percentage of adults aged ≥18 years who had asthma, by sex and race/ethnicity in the United States during 2017–2018, according to the National Health Interview Survey. Women aged ≥18 years were more likely than men (9.7% versus 5.5%) to currently have asthma. This pattern prevailed in each of the race/ethnicity groups: Hispanic adults (7.8% versus 3.9%); non-Hispanic white adults (10.3% versus 5.9%); non-Hispanic black adults (11.4% versus 6.2%); and non-Hispanic Asian adults (5.0% versus 3.3%). Non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black men were more likely to currently have asthma than were Hispanic and non-Hispanic Asian men. The same pattern existed among women.

Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥ 18 Years Who Currently Have Asthma, by Sex and Race/Ethnicity — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2017–2018

CONTINUING EDUCATION
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