This Week in MMWR - Vol. 70, November 5, 2021

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Reports on Acute Flaccid Myelitis, STD Clinics, and more

November 5, 2021 

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SURVEILLANCE AND SUMMARIES

Demographic, Behavioral, and Clinical Characteristics of Persons Seeking Care at Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics — 14 Sites, STD Surveillance Network, United States, 2010–2018 CDC reports on the demographic, behavioral, and clinical characteristics of persons seeking care at sexually transmitted disease clinics in the U.S. during 2010–2018.

WEEKLY REPORT

	National Surveillance for Acute Flaccid Myelitis — United States, 2018–2020 Compared with 2018, acute flaccid myelitis cases reported during 2019–2020 were more likely to have lower limb involvement and less likely to have prodromal illness, upper limb involvement, cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis, or detection of enterovirus D68.

• Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January 2020–June 2021
• Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 Among Adults Hospitalized with COVID-19–Like Illness with Infection-Induced or mRNA Vaccine-Induced SARS-CoV-2 Immunity— Nine States, January–September 2021
• The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Interim Recommendations for Additional Primary and Booster Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines — United States, 2021
• Effectiveness of 2-Dose Vaccination with mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Against COVID-19–Associated Hospitalizations Among Immunocompromised Adults — Nine States, January–September 2021
• Erratum: Vol. 70, No. 42

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QUICKSTATS

Infant Mortality Rates for Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, by Single Race and Hispanic Origin — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2019

PDF of Surveillance Summaries (link) and the Weekly Issue (link).

CONTINUING EDUCATION

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