On September 17, the HHS Office of Minority Health will be hosting a virtual symposium, Advancing the Response to COVID-19: Sharing Promising Programs and Practices for Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities. The virtual symposium will feature presentations and strategies developed for public health leaders and community organizations confronting the pandemic.... Read more

This report describes symptoms, physical findings, test and imaging results, and hospitalization data of patients with confirmed acute flaccid myelitis during 2018.... Read more

Median patient age was 5.3 years; 86 percent of patients had onset during August to November. The post CDC Describes 238 Confirmed Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis appeared first on MPR.... Read more

has provided guidance to healthcare facilities and providers looking to use certain drugs beyond their labeled "in-use times" due to supply issues related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The post FDA: Drug “In-Use Time” May Be Extended in Certain Cases appeared first on MPR.... Read more

This report describes use of alcohol along with other substances among pregnant females aged 12-44 years.... Read more

This report describes an outbreak of COVID-19 among employees at a meat processing facility in South Dakota.... Read more

This report describes how Zambia's Lusaka Province HIV Treatment Surge increased the number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy as well as the number of people with documented viral load suppression.... Read more

This report describes the use of automated symptom monitoring in Maine to promptly identify COVID-19 diagnoses among contacts.... Read more

This report describes SARS-CoV-2 spread and infection among attendees of an overnight camp in Georgia resulting in high attack rates among persons in all age groups.... Read more

This report describes characteristics of workers with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 at a meat processing facility in Nebraska.... Read more