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2018 Health Alerts, Advisories and Updates

432 – 12/14/18 – UPD – Update-Outbreak of Life-threatening Coagulopathy Associated with Synthetic Cannabinoids Use

431 – 12/04/18 – ADV – Outbreak of Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) Infections - Update

430 – 11/13/18 – ADV – Pennsylvania Department of Health Requests Reporting of Suspected Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) Cases

429 – 11/07/18 – ADV – Outbreak of Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) Infections

428 – 11/02/18 – ADV – Outbreak of Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) Infections

427 – 10/25/18 – ADV – Suspect Case of Measles in Central Pennsylvania

426 – 10/17/18 – ADV – Historic Increase in Reported Congenital Syphilis

425 – 10/12/18 – ADV – West Nile Virus Season Update in 2018 in Pennsylvania

424 – 09/13/18 – ADV – Advice to Clinicians about Leptospirosis in U.S. Travelers Returning from Northern Israel

423 – 09/06/18 – ADV – Exposures to lead in the air near the American Zinc Recycling LLC (AZR) facility in Palmerton, Carbon County, PA

422 – 08/25/18 – ADV – Probable Case of Measles in Central Pennsylvania

421 – 08/16/18 – ADV – Updated Guidance for Preconception Counseling and Prevention of Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus for Men with Possible Zika Virus Exposure

420 – 08/15/18 – ADV – Evaluation of Returning Travelers for Severe Acute Respiratory Illness Caused by The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

419 – 08/01/18 – ADV – Annual Oral Rabies Vaccination in Western Pennsylvania: Human Implications

418 - 07/27/18 - ADV - Heartland and Bourbon Virus Testing Guidance in Pennsylvania

417 - 07/24/18 - ADV - 2018 West Nile Virus Season in Pennsylvania

416 - 07/12/18 - UPD - Rising Numbers of Deaths Involving Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs, Including Carfentanil, and Increased Usage and Mixing with Non-opioids

415 - 06/11/18 - ADV - Outbreak of Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) Infections among Persons Who Use Drugs and Persons Experiencing Homelessness

414 - 06/08/18 - ADV - Recommendations for Managing and Reporting Shigella Infections with Possible Reduced Susceptibility to Ciprofloxacin

413 - 06/06/18 - UPD - Update: Burkholderia cepacia complex Infections Associated with Use of Medline Remedy® Essentials No-Rinse Foam

412 - 05/25/18 - ADV - Outbreak of Life-threatening Coagulopathy Associated with Synthetic Cannabinoids Use

411 - 05/14/18 - ADV - Guidance for Clinicians on Measles Diagnosis, Testing and Reporting

410 - 05/11/18 - UPD - Update: Burkholderia cepacia complex Infections Associated with Use of Medline Remedy® Essentials No-Rinse Foam

409 - 05/11/18 - ADV - Lyme Disease and Other Tickborne Diseases in Pennsylvania

408 - 05/06/18 - ADV - Traveler in Central Pennsylvania With Measles

407 - 05/04/18 - ADV - Guidance for Clinicians on Mumps, Testing and Reporting

406 - 04/24/18 - ADV - Multistate Outbreak of Serratia marcescens Infections--2018

405 - 04/17/18 - UPD - Update: Burkholderia cepacia complex Infections Associated with Use of Medline Remedy Essentials No-Rinse Foam

404 - 04/10/18 - ADV - Potential Life-Threatening Vitamin K-Dependent Antagonist Coagulopathy Associated With Synthetic Cannabinoids Use

403 - 04/06/18 - ALT - Increase in E. coli O157:H7 Infections in Pennsylvania

402 - 04/02/18 - ADV - Testing for Syphilis: Counties in Which the Rate of Syphilis Is At or Above the Level at Which Special Precautions Should Be Taken

401 - 03/30/18 - ADV - Burkholderia cepacia complex Infections Associated with Use of Medline Remedy Essentials No-Rinse Foam

400 - 03/02/18 - ADV - Recent Increases in Reported HIV and Gonorrhea in Beaver County

399 - 02/09/18 - ADV - Measles Case in Allegheny County

398 - 01/31/18 - ADV - Influenza Update 

397 - 01/26/18 - ADV - Hepatitis A Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM)

396 - 01/16/18 - ADV - Pennsylvania Department of Health Requests Voluntary Reporting of Suspected Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) Cases

395 - 01/10/18 - ADV - Seasonal influenza A (H3N2) activity, need for testing, antiviral treatment, and reporting of patients with influenza