Question

Discuss the role of the CDC's Mortality and morbidity weekly report plays in conveying public health information and recomendations. Describe the type of data and information provided by the MMWR. choose a report posted within the last 2 years from the publication. provide a brief summary of the disease report, including history and mode of transmission. whether the report is an example of descriptive epidemiology or analytical epidemiology

Answer 1

The Center for Disease Control, one of the nation’s largest public health outlets, provides weekly reports about specific scientific material to help the community and health professionals stay up to date on current and accurate trends circulating through the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). This report is often coined as the “voice of the CDC”, and provides not only up to date research on public health measures, but also recommendations for public health professionals in regards to public policy and prevention methods that we talked about earlier in the week. This report is typically posted each Friday about the previous week’s health measures that were given by the CDC state health departments. One recent report that struck my interest was the report named, “Characteristics of a Nationwide Outbreak of E-Cigarettes, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injure-United States”. This disease report focused on the outbreak of vape cases that aligned with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and Vitamin E acetate use and the correlation of E-Cigarette, Vaping, Product-use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI). This report showed that since August of 2019, there have been 2,668 cases of EVALI associated patients, and that there have been public health measures implemented to determine the links between EVALI and patients seen with linked respiratory failure. The officials have implements surveys in the waiting room for patients that have linked symptoms and the amount of EVALI cases has actually declined since September of 2019. In regard to the natural history of EVALI, it is almost positive that it is all linked to THC and nicotine users that also could have the use of Vitamin E-acetate in the vape that they are using- thus also being the mode of transportation. Some cases have been found to be secondhand smoking the vape or e-cigarette as well which is also a mode of transportation. This report is a descriptive epidemiology report as it shows the peak of the outbreak in September of 2019 and studies the decline through public health measures.