MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, August 21, 2020   [open pdf - 1MB]

The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "National, Regional, State, and Selected Local Area Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 13-17 Years -- United States, 2019"; "Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Within Syringe Service Programs -- United States, 2019"; "Disparities in Incidence of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Among Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Groups in Counties Identified as Hotspots During June 5-18, 2020 -- 22 States, February-June 2020"; "Trends in Number and Distribution of COVID-19 Hotspot Counties -- United States, March 8-July 15, 2020"; "Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among COVID-19 Cases in Workplace Outbreaks by Industry Sector -- Utah, March 6-June 5, 2020"; "Mass Testing for SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] in 16 Prisons and Jails -- Six Jurisdictions, United States, April-May 2020"; "'Notes from the Field': COVID-19 Prevention Practices in State Prisons -- Puerto Rico, 2020"; and "'QuickStats': Death Rates from Stroke Among Persons Aged ≥65 Years, by Sex and Age Group -- National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2018." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2020.html].