This Week in MMWR - Vol. 69, October 2, 2020

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Reports on Infant Homicide, Vaccination Among Pregnant Women, and more.

October 2, 2020 

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	Influenza and Tdap Vaccination Coverage Among Pregnant Women — United States, April 2020 During 2019–20, 61.2% of pregnant women received influenza vaccination, 56.6% received Tdap vaccination during pregnancy, and 40.3% received both vaccines. Influenza vaccination coverage among Black and Hispanic women increased, yet disparities persisted.

• Infant Homicides Within the Context of Safe Haven Laws — United States, 2008–2017
• CDC Deployments to State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Health Departments for COVID-19 Emergency Public Health Response — United States, January 21–July 25, 2020
• Changing Age Distribution of the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, May–August 2020
• COVID-19 Trends Among School-Aged Children — United States, March 1–September 19, 2020
• Multiple COVID-19 Clusters on a University Campus — North Carolina, August 2020
• Recent Increase in COVID-19 Cases Reported Among Adults Aged 18–22 Years — United States, May 31–September 5, 2020
• Notes from the Field: Botulism Type B After Intravenous Methamphetamine Use — New Jersey, 2020
• Correction and Republication: Deaths and Years of Potential Life Lost From Excessive Alcohol Use — United States, 2011–2015

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Age-Adjusted Pedestrian Death Rates, by Race/Ethnicity — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2009 and 2018

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This week, MMWR published four reports. One describes the likely role of younger adults in the spread of COVID-19 and another describes characteristics of approximately 100,000 health care workers in the United States with COVID-19. This week’s issue also looked at contact tracing efforts in North Carolina and how Utah residents in more disadvantaged areas were more likely to be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.