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Ebola in West Africa and the Importance of Local Health Departments to Global Health...
The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is receiving intense national and international media attention. This is the largest...
Aug 12, 2014 | Guest Author
Chikungunya: What Local Health Departments Need to Know
Over the last several months, NACCHO has been assessing the potential implications of chikungunya (pronounced “chik-en-gun-ya”) for...
Aug 08, 2014 | Andy Roszak
CDC Releases Interim Lab Guidance and Other Ebola Resources
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released several resources yesterday to provide guidance and information to...
Aug 07, 2014 | Frances Bevington
First Chikungunya case acquired in the United States reported in Florida
Seven months after the mosquito-borne virus chikungunya was recognized in the Western Hemisphere, the first locally acquired case of...
Jul 18, 2014 | Admin
Dengue: Will there be another mosquito-borne virus establishing itself in the...
Dengue (pronounced “den-gee” – with a hard “g”) virus was first identified in the 1950’s in Africa and Asia. It is now being seen in...
Jun 25, 2014 | Guest Author
Local Health Departments Respond to Largest Measles Outbreak in 20 Years
Local Health Departments across the country are working to mitigate the reemergence of measles in the United States. Just this year,...
Jun 09, 2014 | Sarah Gardner
CDC Media Briefing: Update on MERS Testing of Illinois Resident
CDC announced on May 28 through a media briefing that definitive testing on samples from the Illinois individual who was believed to...
May 29, 2014 | Frances Bevington
CDC Press Briefing: Positve Test Result for MERS in Illinois Resident
The contact investigation for the Indiana patient who was the first case of MERS in the United States revealed a positive blood test...
May 19, 2014 | Frances Bevington
CDC Media Briefing Summary: Second Case of MERS-CoV
On Sunday, May 11, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed a positive lab result for the second case of...
May 12, 2014 | Frances Bevington
Ebola in West Africa and the Importance of Local Health Departments to Global Health SecurityThe current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is receiving intense national and international media attention. This is the largest outbreak of Ebola ever and impacts a region of Africa that has not previously reported cases. It has spread to four countries (Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria) and sickened 1,848 people (suspected and confirmed cases […] Aug 12, 2014 | Guest Author |
Chikungunya: What Local Health Departments Need to KnowOver the last several months, NACCHO has been assessing the potential implications of chikungunya (pronounced “chik-en-gun-ya”) for local health departments. Earlier this week on August 6, public health officials in Harris County, Texas confirmed that a mosquito had tested positive for the virus. Year-to-date, Harris County has tested over 450,000 mosquitoes; however, this week was […] Aug 08, 2014 | Andy Roszak |
CDC Releases Interim Lab Guidance and Other Ebola ResourcesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released several resources yesterday to provide guidance and information to public health workers and healthcare providers who are preparing for the possibility of testing for or treating Ebola. Among the new resources are the following materials: August 6, 2014: Interim Guidance for Specimen Collection, Transport, Testing, and […] Aug 07, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
First Chikungunya case acquired in the United States reported in FloridaSeven months after the mosquito-borne virus chikungunya was recognized in the Western Hemisphere, the first locally acquired case of the disease has surfaced in the continental United States. The case was reported July 17 in Florida in a male who had not recently traveled outside the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […] Jul 18, 2014 | Admin |
Dengue: Will there be another mosquito-borne virus establishing itself in the continental United States?Dengue (pronounced “den-gee” – with a hard “g”) virus was first identified in the 1950’s in Africa and Asia. It is now being seen in almost all regions of the world. The virus causes a disease that is characterized by a high fever accompanied by two or more of the following: a severe headache; severe eye pain; join pain; muscle and/or bone pain; rash; and/or mild bleeding. The person with this... Jun 25, 2014 | Guest Author |
Local Health Departments Respond to Largest Measles Outbreak in 20 YearsLocal Health Departments across the country are working to mitigate the reemergence of measles in the United States. Just this year, 334 cases have been reported from January 1 to May 30, 2014. According to the CDC, this number marks a 20-year high five months into the calendar year. Measles is typically brought to the United States […] Jun 09, 2014 | Sarah Gardner |
CDC Media Briefing: Update on MERS Testing of Illinois ResidentCDC announced on May 28 through a media briefing that definitive testing on samples from the Illinois individual who was believed to have contracted MERS from the Indiana patient have been completed. These test results indicate that this individual was not exposed to MERS during his business meetings with the Indiana patient. CDC stated that, […] May 29, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
CDC Press Briefing: Positve Test Result for MERS in Illinois ResidentThe contact investigation for the Indiana patient who was the first case of MERS in the United States revealed a positive blood test result on May 16 for MERS antibodies in a business associate living in Illinois. The discovery is significant for two reasons. First, the Illinois resident had only mild, cold-like symptoms and CDC […] May 19, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
CDC Media Briefing Summary: Second Case of MERS-CoVOn Sunday, May 11, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed a positive lab result for the second case of MERS-CoV in the United States, in Florida. This case is not related to the case reported in Indiana on Friday, May 2. The CDC has stated that the risk to general public continues […] May 12, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
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