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2022 Health Alerts, Advisories and Updates
679 – 12/16/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Possible Increases in Group A Streptococcal Infections
678 – 12/21/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Interim Guidance for Clinicians to Prioritize Antiviral Treatment of Influenza in the Setting of Reduced Availability of Oseltamivir
677 – 12/15/22 – UPD – UPDATE: Therapeutics to Prevent and Treat COVID-19
676 – 12/14/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Measles Identification and Prevention in Pennsylvania
675 – 11/18/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Increased Reports of Mushroom Poisoning Following Consumption of Foraged Mushrooms in Pennsylvania
674 – 11/15/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Exposure
673 – 11/15/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Passage of Expedited Partner Therapy Act
672 – 11/15/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Increased Respiratory Virus Activity, Especially Among Children, Early in the 2022-2023 Fall and Winter
671 – 11/09/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Update on the Ebola Virus Disease (Sudan ebolavirus) Outbreak in Central Uganda
670 – 11/02/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Guidance Regarding Rapid Identification of Acute Flaccid Myelitis
669 – 11/02/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Historic Increases in Reported Congenital Syphilis
668 – 10/27/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Increased Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Activity Nationally and in Pennsylvania
667 – 10/13/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Interim Guidance on Risk Assessment and Management of Person with Potential Ebola Virus Exposure
665 – 10/06/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Lead Exposure in Adult Pennsylvanians
664 - 10/4/22 - ADV - ADVISORY: Severe Manifestations of Monkeypox among People who are Immunocompromised Due to HIV or Other Conditions
663 - 10/4/22 - UPD - UPDATE: Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Settings
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662 – 9/30/22 - UPD - UPDATE: Return to Work for Healthcare Personnel with Confirmed or Suspected COVID
661 – 9/30/22- UPD - UPDATE: Work Restrictions for Healthcare Personnel with Exposure to COVID-19
660 – 09/28/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Polio Virus Infection Detection and Prevention
659 – 09/14/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Recommendations Regarding the Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Vaccine
658 - 08/26/22 - ADV - ADVISORY: Emerging Tickborne Disease Guidance in Pennsylvania
657 - 08/22/22 - UPD - UPDATE: Monkeypox Testing, Vaccine, and Monitoring of Healthcare Workers After Exposure Updates
656 - 08/18/22 - UPD - UPDATE: COVID-19 Guidance Update for the General Population
655 - 08/18/22 - ADV - ADVISORY: Ukrainian Refugees Arriving in Pennsylvania
654 - 08/08/22 - UPD - UPDATE: Outbreak and Containment of Candida auris in PA Healthcare Facilities
653 – 07/28/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Revised Protocols Regarding the Use of Tecovirimat (TPOXX) for the Treatment of Monkeypox
652 - 07/20/22 - ADV - ADVISORY: Recent Reports of Human Parechovirus (PeV)
651 – 07/15/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: New Recommendations for Rabies Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis to Prevent Human Rabies
650 – 07/15/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Annual Oral Rabies Vaccination in Western Pennsylvania: Human Implications
649 - 07/08/22 - ADV - ADVISORY: Addition of Commercial Labs for Monkeypox Virus Testing
648 - 06/29/22 - ADV - ADVISORY: Harmful Algal Bloom Exposures in Recreational Waterbodies in Pennsylvania
647 - 06/23/22 - ADV - ADVISORY: Updated Recommendations for Monkeypox Case Identification and Testing
646 – 06/21/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: 2022 West Nile Virus Season in Pennsylvania
645 – 06/08/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Anticipated Increase in Legionellosis Cases Due to Seasonality and Changes in Building Occupancy
644 – 05/26/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: COVID-19 Rebound After Paxlovid Treatment
643 - 05/20/22 - ADV - ADVISORY: Monkeypox Virus Infection in the United States and Other Non-endemic Countries
642 – 05/19/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Monkeypox cases diagnosed in Europe, one identified in Massachusetts
641 – 05/16/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Iodinated Contrast Media Shortage
640 - 05/13/22 - ADV - ADVISORY: Lyme Disease and Other Tickborne Diseases in Pennsylvania
639 - 05/04/22 - ADV - ADVISORY: Updated Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendations
638 – 05/02/22 – ALT – Failure to Disinfect Assisted Blood Glucose Monitors between Uses Poses Risk for Bloodborne Pathogen Transmission
637 - 04/21/22 - ADV - ADVISORY: Recommendations for Adenovirus Testing and Reporting of Children with Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Etiology
636 - 04/15/22 - UPD - UPDATE: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) and in Adults (MIS-A)
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For updated MIS-C info see
PA-HAN-680
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Associated with COVID-19 Case Report Form
635 - 04/12/22 - UPD - UPDATE: Guidance on Reporting Point of Care SARS-CoV-2 Test Results
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634 – 04/07/22 – UPD – UPDATE: Therapeutics to Prevent and Treat COVID-19
633 - 04/04/22 - UPD - UPDATE: Report Requirements
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632 - 04/04/22 - UPD - UPDATE: Booster Dose Update
631 – 04/02/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Notification of a New County Health Department: Delaware County Health Department Contact Information
630 - 03/24/22 - ADV - ADVISORY: Increases in Reported Syphilis Centre County
629 – 03/08/22 – ADV – ADVISORY: Powassan Virus Identified in Ticks
628 – 02/18/22 – UPD – UPDATE: Update to Recommendations Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination
627 - 02/15/22 - UPD - UPDATE: Response to an Outbreak and Residents with Exposure to COVID- 19 for Long-term Care Facilities
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626 - 02/15/22 - UPD - UPDATE: Core Infection Prevention and Control Measures for Long-term Care Facilities
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625 - 02/14/22 - ADV - ADVISORY: Increases in Reported Early Syphilis
624 – 02/08/22 – UPD – UPDATE: Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Settings during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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623 - 1/27/22 - ADV - ADVISORY: PA DOH adopts the lower CDC’s blood lead reference value of 3.5 ug/dl
622 - 1/25/22 - UPD - UPDATE: Return to Work for Healthcare Personnel with Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19
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621 – 1/25/22 - UPD - UPDATE: Work Restrictions for Healthcare Personnel with Exposure to COVID-19
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620 - 1/15/22 - ADV - ADVISORY: Therapeutics to Prevent and Treat COVID-19
619 – 1/7/22 - UPD - UPDATE: COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine Period Clarification for the General Population
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618 – 1/5/22 - ADV - ADVISORY: Lyme Disease Surveillance Changes and Testing Recommendations
617 – 1/5/22 - ADV - ADVISORY: Outbreak of Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) Infections in SE Pennsylvania
616 – 1/5/22 - UPD - UPDATE: Work Restrictions for Healthcare Personnel with Exposure to COVID-19
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