This Week in MMWR - Vol. 69, December 18, 2020

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Reports on Telehealth Practice During COVID-19, Tobacco Use Among Students, and more.

December 18, 2020 

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SURVEILLANCE SUMMARIES

Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance — United States, 2017 CDC reports on use and outcomes of assisted reproductive technology in the United States.

WEEKLY REPORT

	Telehealth Practice Among Health Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, July 11–17, 2020 During July 11–17, 2020, 95% of 1,009 Health Resources and Services Administration–funded health centers that responded to a voluntary weekly survey reported providing telehealth services. Health centers in urban areas were more likely to provide visits virtually than were those in rural areas.

• Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2020
• Surveillance for Harmful Algal Bloom Events and Associated Human and Animal Illnesses — One Health Harmful Algal Bloom System, United States, 2016–2018
• Health Center Testing for SARS-CoV-2 During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, June 5–October 2, 2020
• Factors That Might Affect SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Among Foreign-Born and U.S.-Born Poultry Facility Workers — Maryland, May 2020
• Update to CDC's Treatment Guidelines for Gonococcal Infection, 2020
• Estimated Resource Costs for Implementation of CDC’s Recommended COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 Public Schools — United States, 2020–21 School Year
• The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Interim Recommendation for Use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, December 2020
• Factors Associated with Positive SARS-CoV-2 Test Results in Outpatient Health Facilities and Emergency Departments Among Children and Adolescents Aged <18 Years — Mississippi, September–November 2020
• Erratum: Vol. 69, No. 46

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QUICKSTATS

Rate of Emergency Department (ED) Visits, by Homeless Status and Geographic Region — National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States, 2015–2018

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This week’s episode covers five MMWR COVID-19 reports. One report outlines a combination of ten actions that individuals, families, and communities can take to save lives, and speed up community and economic recovery. The second report describes how Head Start programs successfully implemented CDC COVID-19 guidance for child care programs that offer in-person learning as well as other ancillary measures. The third report details data from July 2020 surveys on parental attitudes about school reopening. The fourth report looks at trends in emergency department visits related to child abuse and neglect. The final report shows how the COVID-19-associated death rate among adults who are American Indian or Alaska Native are higher than that of non-Hispanic White adults.