This Week in MMWR - Vol. 69, August 28, 2020

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Reports on Nonfatal Drug Overdose, Transition to Adult Care, and more.

August 28, 2020 

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	Nonfatal Drug and Polydrug Overdoses Treated in Emergency Departments — 29 States, 2018–2019 A study of suspected nonfatal drug overdoses in emergency departments in 29 states showed an increase in overdoses involving opioids, cocaine, amphetamines, and those involving both opioids and amphetamines.

• Support for Transition from Adolescent to Adult Health Care Among Adolescents With and Without Mental, Behavioral, and Developmental Disorders — United States, 2016–2017
• Progress Toward Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Elimination Using a Catalytic Funding Model — Tashkent, Uzbekistan, December 6, 2019–March 15, 2020
• COVID-19 Among American Indian and Alaska Native Persons — 23 States, January 31–July 3, 2020
• Limited Secondary Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Child Care Programs — Rhode Island, June 1–July 31, 2020
• Primary Indicators to Systematically Monitor COVID-19 Mitigation and Response — Kentucky, May 19–July 15, 2020
• Notes from the Field: Universal Statewide Laboratory Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Nursing Homes — West Virginia, April 21–May 8, 2020
• Notes from the Field: Candida auris and Carbapenemase-Producing Organism Prevalence in a Pediatric Hospital Providing Long-Term Transitional Care — Chicago, Illinois, 2019
• Notes from the Field: CDC Polio Surge Response to Expanding Outbreaks of Type 2 Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus — Africa and Philippines, September 2019–March 2020
• Erratum: Vol 69, No 31

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Rates of Deaths Attributed to Unintentional Injury from Fire or Flames, by Age Group and Urbanization Level — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2018

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In this week’s episode, Dr. Kent highlights reports about COVID-19 hotspot counties in the United States, workplace outbreaks in Utah, the rate of COVID-19 infection among American Indian and Alaska Natives, and strategies to slow the spread of COVID-19 in correctional facilities. A theme woven throughout these reports is that long-standing health and social inequities have resulted in increased risk for infection, severe illness, and death from COVID-19 among communities of color. In the episode for the previous week, Dr. Kent highlights reports about the impact of COVID-19 on children, nursing homes, and the mental health of Americans.