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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Department Visits

 

The figure is a photograph of the CDC Emergency Operations Center with text about a new report from MMWR on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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The figure is a photo of a worker cutting stone.

Trends in Pneumoconiosis Deaths — United States, 1999–2018

Pneumoconiosis-associated deaths continue to occur, underscoring the importance of occupational dust exposure reduction, early case detection, and continued surveillance to monitor trends, with an increased focus on pneumoconiosis attributable to other inorganic dusts.

QUICKSTATS

The figure is a bar chart showing the percentage of U.S. families that did not get needed medical care in the past 12 months in 2013 and in 2018 because of cost, by poverty status, based on data from the National Health Interview Survey. Overall, the percentage decreased from 12.1% in 2013 to 9.7% 2018. The percentage of families that did not get medical care decreased from 2013 to 2018 for poor families, (22.7% to 17.3%) and for near-poor families (20.4% to 16.0%), but there no significant change for not-poor families (7.1% and 6.6%).

CONTINUING EDUCATION

The figure is photo of a health care provider with text about a free CE activity on guidelines for the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection.

 

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