Past Updates from the Clinician Registry Listserv
Update Sent June 30, 2008
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Today's topics Include:
- COCA Conference Call Strategic National Stockpile
- Food Safety
- Midwest Flooding
- Seasonal Influenza
- All Hazards Public Health Funding Opportunity
COCA Conference Call TOMORROW:
Strategic National Stockpile
Title: Strategic National Stockpile Overview
Speaker: Todd Piester
Date: TOMORROW Tuesday July 1, 2008
Time: 1:00 PM ET - 2:00 PM ET
Please visit our website for the call-in information, objectives, and Continuing Education Credit information. The PowerPoint presentation will be posted by the date of the call: http://www.emergency.cdc.gov/coca/callinfo.asp.
Food Safety
Updated Information: Investigation of Outbreak of Infections Caused by Salmonella Saintpaul - CDC - June 27
Since April, 810 persons infected with Salmonella Saintpaul with the same genetic fingerprint have been identified in 36 states and the District of Columbia. These were identified because clinical laboratories in all states send Salmonella strains from ill persons to their State public health laboratory for characterization. Maine and Minnesota have been added to the list of states with ill persons. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Arkansas (10 persons), Arizona (39), California (10), Colorado (8), Connecticut (4), Florida (1), Georgia (18), Idaho (3), Illinois (78), Indiana (11), Kansas (14), Kentucky (1), Maine (1), Maryland (25), Massachusetts (18), Michigan (4), Minnesota (2), Missouri (12), New Hampshire (3), Nevada (4), New Jersey (4), New Mexico (85), New York (25), North Carolina (5), Ohio (6), Oklahoma (19), Oregon (7), Pennsylvania (6), Rhode Island (3), Tennessee (6), Texas (342), Utah (2), Virginia (22), Vermont (1), Washington (4), Wisconsin (6), and the District of Columbia (1).
http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/saintpaul/
Update on Investigation of Outbreak of Human Infections Caused by Escherichia coli 0157:H7 - CDC - June 26
State departments of health and agriculture in Michigan and Ohio, collaborating local health jurisdictions, CDC, and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections. Based on this investigation, as of 5pm EST, June 25, 2008, 33 confirmed cases have been linked both epidemiologically and by molecular fingerprinting to this outbreak, 16 in Michigan and 17 in Ohio. These illnesses began between May 30 and June 12. Seventeen ill persons have been hospitalized. One patient has developed a type of kidney failure called hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). No deaths linked to the outbreak have been reported. Twenty-one (64%) of patients are female. Patients range in age from 4 to 78 years with a median age of 21 years.
http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/june2008outbreak/index.html
Midwest Flooding
Citizens Warned About Fecal Coliform in Flooded Areas - EPA - June 23
Flood water samples taken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency within the city limits of Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Hamburg, and Burlington, Iowa, showed numbers of fecal coliform bacteria exceeding the health-based level of concern. The level of concern is 200 colony forming units (cfu) per 100 milliliters (ml). The sampling results ranged between 270 cfu/100 ml and 68,000 cfu/100 ml. The highest end of the range was found only in the Cedar Rapids area and it is believed to be associated with the fact that the wastewater treatment plant is not operating.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/names/r07_2008-6-23_warning_fecal_coliform
Seasonal Influenza
Influenza Activity - United States and Worldwide, 2007-08 Season - CDC - MMWR Weekly - June 27
During the 2007-08 influenza season, influenza activity peaked in mid-February in the United States and was associated with greater mortality and higher rates of hospitalization of children aged 0-4 years, compared with each of the previous three seasons. In the United States, influenza A (H1N1) was the predominant strain early in the season; influenza A (H3N2) viruses increased in circulation in January and predominated overall. While influenza A (H1N1), A (H3N2), and B viruses cocirculated worldwide, influenza A (H1N1) viruses were most commonly reported in Canada, Europe, and Africa, and influenza B viruses were predominant in most Asian countries. This report summarizes influenza activity in the United States and worldwide during the 2007-08 influenza season (September 30, 2007-May 17, 2008).
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5725a5.htm
All Hazards Public Health Funding Opportunity
HHS Provides more than $1 Billion to Improve All Hazards Public Health - HHS
The HHS funding is awarded via two separate but interrelated cooperative agreements. HHS’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing a total of $704.8 million in funding to health departments in states, territories and metro areas of New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles County and Washington, D.C., through the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement. The HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) is also awarding $398 million through the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP)
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2008pres/06/20080603a.html
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