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Date: Apr 2021
Examines COVID-19 incidence and mortality rates among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) and White people in Montana. Discusses factors that may have contributed to greater incidence and mortality for the AI/AN population and the need for appropriate public health measures and vaccine allocation strategies to address disparities.
...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 70(14), 510-513 04/2021 Centers for Disease Control...
Date: Nov 2024
Reports on recent highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) infection among dairy workers in Michigan and Colorado. Includes information on illness symptoms among those who had been infected, as well as job tasks with ill cows, personal protective equipment (PPE) use, and other animal exposures.
...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 73(44), 1004-1009 11/2024 Centers for Disease Control...
Date: Nov 2024
Reports on Colorado dairy farmworkers' use of different types of personal protective equipment (PPE) and use of PPE for different job duties. Provides data on PPE use for those working with non-ill cows compared to those working with influenza A(H5N1)-infected cows in the week prior to and week after the infection was identified.
...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 73(44), 999-1003 11/2024 Centers for Disease Control...
Date: Jan 2022
Examines data collection challenges and infrastructure gaps that impact surveillance of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), based on information from 6 states with mandated NAS reporting. Includes brief discussion of rural concerns, including disparities in the incidence of opioid use disorder and NAS and gaps in rural infrastructure and access to care.
...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 71(2), 37-42 01/2022 Centers for Disease Control...
Date: Jul 2025
Reports on two instances of nonagricultural workers operating on or adjacent to farmland who were exposed to farm-related pesticides. Describes each event and the exposure response and discusses ways to reduce the risk of these types of exposures.
...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 74(28), 450-454 07/2025 Centers for Disease Control...
Date: Jun 2022
Examines COVID-19 health disparities impacting American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people in Alaska from March 12, 2020–December 31, 2021. Discusses challenges to accessing healthcare, including living in rural and remote location.
...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 71(22), 730-733 06/2022 Centers for Disease Control...
Date: Apr 2021
Reports on how the CDC helped the Spirit Lake Tribe build a tribally managed program to address increasing COVID-19 cases through comprehensive case investigations, case notification, contact tracing, contact testing, and contact management. Describes the work of Spirit Lake community members who served as investigators and contact tracers, providing advice about the need to isolate or quarantine. Discusses housing challenges that impacted isolation and quarantine efforts.
...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 70(14), 533-534 04/2021 Centers for Disease Control...
Date: Nov 2020
Reports on a COVID-19 outbreak in a rural Ohio Amish community. Discusses access to testing, provision of culturally responsive health education messages, and collaboration among health department staff and community leaders to help overcome cultural barriers.
...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(45), 1671-1674 11/2020 Centers for Disease Control...
Date: Dec 2025
Reports on deaths associated with coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), an occupational lung disease caused by inhaling coal mine dust. Includes data by industry and occupation, with most deaths occurring among those employed in the mining industry, a largely rural industry. Discusses the need for comprehensive prevention and screening.
...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 74(41), 627-633 12/2025 Centers for Disease Control...
Date: Dec 2016
Describes a sharp increase in cases of Progressive Massive Fibrosis (PMF) from January 2015 through August 2016, as reported by a radiologist treating 60 former or active coal miners in rural central Appalachia. Includes a chart showing percentages of miners with 25 or more years underground work experience in that region who were diagnosed with PMF from 1970-2016.
...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 65(49), 1385-1389 12/2016 Centers for Disease Control...