Health Alerts
The following alerts and advisories are meant to inform health care providers and others in the community on a variety of topics related to public health.
Air Quality Action Day forecast for Wednesday, June 24
The ozone level for Allen County for WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 has been forecast to be high enough to warrant a CAUTION
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Quality
Health Effects
8-Hour Ozone
Average (ppb)
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No Health Notice – No health…
Gardisil, Scabies, H1N1
Topic: Gardasil, Cookie dough recall, Scabies, and H1N1
Date: June 22, 2009
Gardasil
Our department has recently been allowed to order more Gardasil vaccine to provide and the age range has been expanded to include those 19 years to 26 years. If…
Date: June 2, 2009
State/Local
We have been told of our first case of H1N1 in Allen County the case was diagnosed via our sentinel site. No other details will be provided. No other steps in terms of prophylaxis are necessary.
CDC…
5/8/09 – Flu Update
Date: May 8, 2009
Global Updates: World Health Organization phase:
Worldwide, laboratories now have officially reported 2,500 human cases of the new swine flu in 25 countries with 46 deaths.
No change in WHO pandemic phases of 5
o…
5/7/09 – Flu Update
Date: May 7, 2009
Global Updates: World Health Organization phase:
Worldwide, laboratories now have officially reported 2099 cases 1490 human cases of the new swine flu in 23 countries.
No change in WHO pandemic phases of 5
National…
5/6/09 – Flu Update
Date: May 6, 2009
Global Updates: World Health Organization phase:
Worldwide, laboratories now have confirmed 1490 human cases of the new swine flu in 21 countries.
No change in WHO pandemic phases of 5
National Updates:
National…
5/5/09 – Flu Update
Date: May 5, 2009
Global Updates: World Health Organization phase:
Worldwide, laboratories now have confirmed 1490 human cases of the new swine flu.
No change in WHO pandemic phases of 5
National Updates:
National data (to date)…
5/4/09 – Flu Update
Date: May 4, 2009
Global Updates: World Health Organization phase:
Worldwide, laboratories now have confirmed 898 human cases of the new swine flu in 18 countries.
No change in WHO pandemic phases of 5
National Updates:
National…
5/3/09 – Flu Update
Date: May 3, 2009
Update
Global/National:
CDC has now confirmed 226 cases of swine flu in the United States, in 30 states.
CDC also reports that 30 people hospitalized so far have been mostly older children and young adults.
…
5/1/09 – Flu Update
Date: May 1, 2009
Update
Global/National:
CDC has issued new guidance for school closure. One new recommendation is that if a school is closed, it should be for a minimum of 14 days. To minimize staffing shortages encourage staff need to…
4/30/09 – Update
Date: April 30, 2009
Updates No cases in Allen County at this time
Global:
The Who has raised the pandemic level to 5 widespread human infection.
From today, WHO will refer to the new influenza virus as influenza A(H1N1).
…
4/30/09 – School Nurses
Date: April 30, 2009
To: School Nurses
Thank you for the hard work you are doing. I did want to give you an update regarding this issue.
The new name of this virus is Influenza A (H1N1)-North American/Human flu.
As I am sure you have…
4/30/09 – Daycare Providers
Date: April 30, 2009
To: Daycare providers
I would like to share some information about the current swine flu outbreak. The Influenza A (H1N1)-North American/Human flu (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza that…
4/29/09 North American Human Influenza A Update
Date: April 29, 2009
Update
National/Global:
The CDC confirmed that current swine flu outbreak has claimed its first US victim a 23-month-old child in Texas.
The current name is: Influenza A (H1N1)-North American/Human flu instead of…
Date: April 28, 2009
Topic: Swine Flu
Below you will find an updated information regarding Swine Flu.
Thank you all for your attention to this issue and all of your questions and concerns.
We have had the first case of swine flu in…
4/27/09 Swine Flu Update
Date: April 27, 2009
Topic: Swine Flu
Below you will find updated information regarding the current outbreak of Swine Flu. Sorry this is so long, updates will be shorter. Please remember that this is in the early stages of this novel virus…
4/24/09 Swine Flu
Date: April 24, 2009
Topic: Swine Flu
Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza that regularly cause outbreaks of influenza among pigs. Swine flu viruses do not normally infect humans, however, human…
During week 9 (March 1-7, 2009), influenza activity in the United States remained high, but is at approximately the same level as in the previous week. Indiana is experiencing widespread activity.
Circulating strains
The results of tests…
3/12/09 Lead Product Alert (Burmese)
3/12/09 Lead Product Alert (English)
2/17/08 Salmonella and Pertussis
Dr. Monroe has asked us to remind physicians of the potential for Salmonella in patients with diarrhea. She would like your assistance in educating patients you see in your practice about the risk of eating recalled products and to report diagnoses of…
Per Shawn Richards, Respiratory Epidemiologist for ISDH
Indiana will be reporting widespread influenza activity to the CDC for week 5. This is only an indication of geographic spread and not severity.
Indiana Sentinel ILI data is showing that…
1/20/09 Salmonella Update
Everything old is new again!
As I am sure you have all been reading, Salmonella has been identified as the causative agent in a national outbreak that has caused illness in 474 people from 43 states and caused 6 known deaths. Of persons for whom data…
1/13/09 Antivirals During Flu Season
Although influenza activity is low in the United States to date, preliminary data from a limited number of states indicate that the prevalence of influenza A (H1N1) virus strains resistant to the antiviral medication oseltamivir (Tamiflu) is high…
12/18/08 New Reportable Diseases
As of December 12th, the Communicable Disease Rule has been amended to include several new diseases. The new reportable diseases include: Powassan EncephalitisDengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic FeverGiardiasisVibriosis (non-choleraHepatitis…