This Week in MMWR - Vol. 69, September 25, 2020

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Reports on HIV Among Men Who Have Sex with Men, COVID-19, and more

September 25, 2020 

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RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS

Meningococcal Vaccination: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, United States, 2020 This report compiles and summarizes all recommendations from CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for use of meningococcal vaccines in the United States.

WEEKLY REPORT

Trends in Diagnosis of HIV Infection, Linkage to Medical Care, and Viral Suppression Among Men Who Have Sex with Men, by Race/Ethnicity and Age — 33 Jurisdictions, United States, 2014–2018 During 2014–2018, diagnoses of human immunodeficiency virus infection among men who have sex with men (MSM) in 33 jurisdictions decreased 2.3% per year overall, but Black, Hispanic/Latino, and younger (aged 13–19 years) MSM experienced a small or no decrease.

• Public Awareness of Invasive Fungal Diseases — United States, 2019
• Characteristics and Maternal and Birth Outcomes of Hospitalized Pregnant Women with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 — COVID-NET, 13 States, March 1–August 22, 2020
• SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Hospitalized Pregnant Women: Reasons for Admission and Pregnancy Characteristics — Eight U.S. Health Care Centers, March 1–May 30, 2020
• COVID-19 Contact Tracing in Two Counties — North Carolina, June–July 2020
• Update: Characteristics of Health Care Personnel with COVID-19 — United States, February 12–July 16, 2020
• Disparities in COVID-19 Incidence, Hospitalizations, and Testing, by Area-Level Deprivation — Utah, March 3–July 9, 2020
• Rabies in a Dog Imported from Egypt — Kansas, 2019
• Notes from the Field: Travel-Associated Measles in a Person Born Before 1957 — Pinellas County, Florida, 2019
• Erratum: Vol. 69, No. 36

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QUICKSTATS

Management of Patient Health Information Functions Among Office-Based Physicians With and Without a Certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) System — National Electronic Health Records Survey, United States, 2018

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This week, MMWR published a total of eight COVID-19 reports. They describe the role of children in spreading COVID-19, COVID-19 deaths among the pediatric, adolescent, and young adult populations, and two reports about health outcomes among pregnant women. MMWR also published three reports about COVID-19 in high-risk congregate settings for older adults. Finally, MMWR published a report about decreased influenza activity levels in the United States and Southern Hemisphere countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.