New in MMWR: Worldwide Vaccine Introduction, Costs of Birth Defects, and more

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This Week in MMWR: Vol. 72, July 7, 2023

July 7, 2023

WEEKLY REPORT

	Status of New Vaccine Introduction — Worldwide, 2016–2021 By 2021, 17% of countries worldwide provided all eight World Health Organization–recommended new and underutilized vaccines in their routine immunization schedules. The number of new vaccines added to a national immunization program declined sharply at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, from 48 in 2019 to 15 in 2020.

• Inpatient Hospitalization Costs Associated with Birth Defects Among Persons Aged <65 Years — United States, 2019
• Notes from the Field: Doubling of Cyclosporiasis Cases Partially Attributable to a Salad Kit — Florida, 2021–2022
• Notes from the Field: Scrub Typhus Outbreak — Los Lagos Region, Chile, January–February 2023
• Erratum: Vol 72, No. Suppl-1

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QUICKSTATS

Number of Deaths from Hornet, Wasp, and Bee Stings Among Males and Females — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2011–2021

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PODCAST

MMWR Weekly Briefing Podcast: Week of June 19

The latest MMWR Weekly Briefing is live. Topics include: e-cigarette sales in the United States, rubella elimination in the WHO South-East Asia Region, and more. Listen and subscribe onn: Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and Google Play.

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