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Identification of Substance-Exposed Newborns and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Using ICD-10-CM

 

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Check out the latest COVID-19 reports here.

Recommendations and Reports
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Testing and Clinical Management of Health Care Personnel Potentially Exposed to Hepatitis C Virus — CDC Guidance, United States, 2020

CDC has updated guidance for laboratory testing and follow-up of health care personnel who have been potentially exposed to hepatitis C virus (HCV) to include testing for antibodies to HCV 4 to 6 months after exposure. The updates also reflect guidance from professional organizations that recommend treatment of acute HCV infection.

WEEKLY REPORT

Estimated County-Level Prevalence of Select Underlying Medical Conditions Associated with Increased Risk of Severe COVID-19 Illness — United States, 2018

Older adults and those with certain underlying medical conditions are at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19. The prevalence of any of five underlying medical conditions associated with increased risk for severe COVID-19 among U.S. adults was 47.2% among 3,142 U.S. counties.
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QUICKSTATS
The figure is a bar chart showing that the percentage of adults aged 50–75 years, by poverty status and year, who received colorectal cancer tests or procedures in the United States increased from 58.7% in 2010 to 65.5% in 2018, according to the National Health Interview Survey. The percentage increased from 2010 to 2018 in all income groups: from 37.9% to 53.1% among poor, 47.9% to 56.7% among near poor, and 63.6% to 68.7% among not poor adults. In both 2010 and 2018, the percentage of adults who received colorectal cancer screening was lowest among poor and highest among not poor adults.

Percentage of Adults Aged 50–75 Years Who Received Colorectal Cancer Screening, by Poverty Status and Year — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2010 and 2018

CONTINUING EDUCATION
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PDF of Recommendations and Reports (link) and the Weekly Issue (link).
The figure is a three-dimensional photo of a SARS-CoV-2 virus with text about a new report on COVID-19 seroprevalence among residents of two counties in Georgia.

Listen to the new MMWR podcast series. MMWR Weekly COVID-19 Briefing is a weekly podcast to update readers on the latest scientific information from CDC’s COVID-19 response. In this week’s episode, MMWR Editor-in-Chief Dr. Charlotte Kent highlights two MMWR reports related to the use of cloth face coverings to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This week’s episode also covers reports on characteristics of people who died with COVID-19, symptom profiles of people with COVID-19, and results of a sentinel surveillance project in New York City. Listen to the latest episode.

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