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National, Regional, State, and Selected Local Area Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 13–17 Years

 

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Recommendations and Reports
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Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, 2020–21 Influenza Season

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has updated the recommendations for prevention and control of seasonal flu with vaccines for the 2020-2021 flu season.

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance

Overview and Methods for the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System — United States, 2019

The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System monitors health behaviors, conditions, and experiences among high school students throughout the United States. Data can be used to identify student risk behaviors, monitor health behavior trends, guide public health interventions, and track progress toward national health objectives.

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WEEKLY REPORT
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Mass Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in 16 Prisons and Jails — Six Jurisdictions, United States, April–May 2020

COVID-19 outbreaks in correctional and detention facilities are difficult to contain because of population-dense housing and limited space for medical isolation and quarantine. Data from 16 U.S. prisons gathered during April–May 2020 showed that mass testing resulted in a 12-fold increase over the number of cases identified by earlier symptom-based testing alone.

 
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QUICKSTATS
The figure is a bar chart showing death rates from stroke among persons aged ≥65 years, by sex and age group in the United States during 2018, according to the National Vital Statistics System. In 2018, the death rate from stroke was 242.7 per 100,000 persons aged ≥65 years. Persons aged ≥85 years had the highest death rate from stroke (984.3), followed by those aged 75–84 years (256.0) and those aged 65–74 years (76.8). For both men and women, the death rates increased with age. The death rate for women (261.6) was higher than that for men (219.0) for persons aged ≥65 years, but men had higher stroke death rates for the 65–74 and 75–84 age groups. Women aged ≥85 years had higher death rates than did men in this age group.

Death Rates from Stroke Among Persons Aged ≥65 Years, by Sex and Age Group — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2018

CONTINUING EDUCATION
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PDF of Recommendations and Reports (link), Supplements (link) and the Weekly Issue (link).

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