AFENET COVID-19 at a Glance # 67

Published on September 25, 2020

AFENET COVID-19 at a Glance Issue #67 is now available

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RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS: Meningococcal Vaccination: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, United States, 2020

September 24, 2020
This report describes the recommendations from CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for use of meningococcal vaccines in the United States.

Scientists are releasing 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes this year

September 28, 2020
There are two general approaches to producing genetically modified mosquitoes: 1) modifying the reproductive ability of male mosquitoes so that they cannot produce offspring, and 2) modifying both male and female mosquitoes so that they are resistant to diseases or incapable of transmitting them to other species. Geneetic modification mosquito trials have shown to reduce mosquito populations from