This Week in MMWR - Vol. 70, March 26, 2021

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Reports on Global Tuberculosis Elimination, Declines in HPV, and more 

March 26, 2021 

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	Epidemiology of Tuberculosis and Progress Toward Meeting Global Targets — Worldwide, 2019 With an estimated 10 million incident tuberculosis (TB) cases and 1.4 million TB deaths in 2019, the world is not on track to achieve global targets. Further, the COVID-19 pandemic has hampered TB-related service delivery in many countries.

• Tuberculosis — United States, 2020
• Declines in Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine-Type Infection Among Females after Introduction of Vaccine — United States, 2003–2018
• Rapid Scale-up of an Antiretroviral Therapy Program Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic — Nine States, Nigeria, March 31, 2019–September 30, 2020
• County-Level COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage and Social Vulnerability — United States, December 14, 2020–March 1, 2021
• COVID-19 in Primary and Secondary School Settings During the First Semester of School Reopening — Florida, August–December 2020
• Low SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Elementary Schools — Salt Lake County, Utah, December 3, 2020–January 31, 2021
• Pilot Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Secondary Transmission in Kindergarten Through Grade 12 Schools Implementing Mitigation Strategies — St. Louis County and City of Springfield, Missouri, December 2020

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Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Influenza and Pneumonia, by Urbanization Level and Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2019

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MMWR Weekly COVID-19 Briefing Podcast: Week of March 8

The latest MMWR Weekly COVID-19 Briefing is live. This week’s episode covers three reports, including reports on racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 rates among people younger than 25, how severe COVID-19 illness is linked to elevated BMI, and more. Listen and subscribe on: Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and Google Play.