Week of December 4, 2023

MMWR Weekly Briefing

This episode discusses four MMWR reports. First, prenatal care clinicians and fertility specialists should consider tuberculosis evaluations if their patients are from a country where tuberculosis is common. Second, CDC published updated recommendations for the use of inactivated polio vaccine for adults who are known to be unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated. Third, antimicrobial-resistant bacteria are a leading global public health threat. They are spreading in Ukraine and surrounding countries, highlighting the need for rapid action. Finally, coordinated public health response leads to timely identification and interruption of a Legionnaires disease outbreak in California.