This Week in MMWR - Vol. 71, March 18, 2022

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Reports on Kidney Disease, COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations, and more

March 18, 2022 

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WEEKLY REPORT

	Reported Cases of End-Stage Kidney Disease — United States, 2000–2019 During 2000–2019, the number of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) cases reported in the United States increased 41.8%; the number of prevalent cases approximately doubled. Higher percentage changes in incident and prevalent ESKD cases were attributable to primary causes related to diabetes and hypertension.

• Tobacco Product Use Among Adults — United States, 2020
• Progress Toward Achieving and Sustaining Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination — Worldwide, 2000–2020
• The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Recommendation for Use of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine in Persons Aged ≥18 Years and Considerations for Extended Intervals for Administration of Primary Series Doses of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines — United States, February 2022
• Effectiveness of 2-Dose BNT162b2 (Pfizer BioNTech) mRNA Vaccine in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Children Aged 5–11 Years and Adolescents Aged 12–15 Years — PROTECT Cohort, July 2021–February 2022
• Hospitalization of Infants and Children Aged 0–4 Years with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 — COVID-NET, 14 States, March 2020–February 2022

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QUICKSTATS

 

Rate of Unintentional Traumatic Brain Injury–Related Deaths Among Persons Aged ≤19 Years, by Age Group and Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2018–2020

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MMWR Weekly COVID-19 Briefing Podcast: Week of March 7

The latest MMWR Weekly COVID-19 Briefing is live. This episode covers three reports, including reports highlighting the impact of masking requirements in K-12 school districts, the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine among children and teens and more. Listen and subscribe on: Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and Google Play.