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MMWR Weekly Briefing

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTIONwww.cdc.gov
This weekly podcast series summarizes the latest scientific information published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
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Episodes

Week of July 13, 2020

In this week's episode, Dr. Charlotte Kent highlighted two important MMWR reports related to the use of cloth face coverings to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Reports in this week's issue also looked at characteristics of people who died with COVID-19, symptom profiles of people with COVID-19, and results of a sentinel surveillance project in New York City.

Jul 20, 20207 min

Week of July 6, 2020

In this week's episode, Dr. Charlotte Kent highlighted two MMWR reports looked at aspects of COVID-19's impact on workplaces, including food production and worker absenteeism. Another report assessed pediatricians' capacity to provide vaccines to children, and a fourth report suggests ways to improve outcomes and reduce strain on the health care system from COVID-19.

Jul 12, 20205 min

Week of June 29, 2020

This week the MMWR released an article about the Potential Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Use of Emergency Departments in the United States, an article looking at a COVID-19 Outbreak Among College Students After a Spring Break Trip to Mexico, an article looking at characteristics Associated with Hospitalization Among Patients with COVID-19 based on data from Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia during March-April 2020, and article that looked at the relationship between laboratory confirmed SARS C...

Jul 08, 20205 min

Week of June 22, 2020

This week the MMWR released an article about the Potential Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Use of Emergency Departments in the United States, an article looking at a COVID-19 Outbreak Among College Students After a Spring Break Trip to Mexico, an article looking at characteristics Associated with Hospitalization Among Patients with COVID-19 based on data from Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia during March-April 2020, and article that looked at the relationship between laboratory confirmed SARS C...

Jul 08, 20206 min
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