Notes from the Field: Assessment of State-Level Influenza Season Severity - Minnesota and Utah, 2017-18 Influenza Season

Published on February 14, 2019

The U.S. 2017-18 influenza season was a high-severity season, with the highest number of outpatient visits for influenza-like illness* (ILI) since the 2009-10 pandemic and the highest rate of influenza-associated hospitalizations since surveillance expanded to include adult hospitalizations during the 2005-06 season.

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Actions in Support of Newborn Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease - United States, 2011-2018

February 7, 2019
In 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services added critical congenital heart disease (CCHD), which occurs in two of every 1,000 births, to the list of conditions recommended to states for universal newborn screening.

Public Health Emergency Risk Communication and Social Media Reactions to an Errant Warning of a Ballistic Missile Threat - Hawaii, January 2018

February 21, 2019
On January 13, 2018, at 8:07 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time, an errant emergency alert was sent to persons in Hawaii. An employee at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (EMA) sent the errant alert via the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system and the Emergency Alert System (EAS) during a ballistic missile preparedness drill, advising persons to seek shelter from an incoming ballistic missile.