Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2016.  CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus‎ transmission. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Antigua and Barbuda as well as Turks and Caicos Islands (U.K.). CDC has issued travel notices (level 2, “practice enhanced precautions”) for people[Read More…]

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. New assessments of mosquito populations and test results this past weekend by Florida public health officials, as part of a community survey in the Miami neighborhood where several Zika infections were recently confirmed, have found persistent mosquito populations and additional Zika infections in the same area.[Read More…]

Interim Guidance for healthcare providers caring for pregnant women with possible exposure to Zika virus; Interim Guidance for the prevention of sexually transmitted Zika virus Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2016.  CDC today issued updated guidance and information to prevent Zika virus transmission and health effects: Updated interim guidance for healthcare providers[Read More…]

Funding is stopgap measure to help states respond to emerging threat, protect pregnant women Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–July 21, 2016. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will begin making awards totaling nearly $60 million to states, cities, and territories to support efforts to protect Americans from Zika virus disease and[Read More…]

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2016. CDC is assisting in the investigation of a case of Zika in a Utah resident who is a family contact of the elderly Utah resident who died in late June. The deceased patient had traveled to an area with Zika and lab tests showed he had[Read More…]

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–July 13, 2016.  According to the Brazilian Tourism Board, approximately 350,000 – 500,000 international visitors and athletes from 207 countries are expected to travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games (Games). This travel volume represents a very small fraction – less than 0.25%[Read More…]

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2016.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today will release a detailed account of the agency’s work on the largest, longest outbreak response in the agency’s history: the Ebola epidemic of 2014-2016. The series of articles, in a special supplement to CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality[Read More…]

Stark reminder of dangers of lead exposure for young children Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2016.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released the results of its investigation into the potential health impact that lead contamination in the Flint, Michigan water supply had on the blood lead levels of[Read More…]

New CDC data show large percentage of antibiotics misused in outpatient settings Improve Antibiotic Use to Comabt Antibiotic Resistance — Entire Infographic Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2016.  At least 30 percent of antibiotics prescribed in the United States are unnecessary, according to new data published today in the Journal of the[Read More…]