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Epi-X Notification - Adverse Events Following Receipt of Injectable Ceftriaxone

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with state and local health departments, is investigating reports of serious adverse events, including deaths...

CAHAN Disease Notification - Marburg virus disease in Tanzania and Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is closely monitoring an Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda caused by Sudan virus and a Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in...

CD HEALTH ALERT: Risk of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Influenza A (H5N1) in Cats and Raw Pet Food

Two Orange County cats have been diagnosed with presumptive HPAI influenza A (H5N1). These animals reportedly consumed raw pet food sold at a farmers’ market. No transmission to...

CD HEALTH ALERT: HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis C Among People Experiencing Homelessness in Orange County

People experiencing homelessness (PEH) are at increased risk for HIV and hepatitis C. The vast majority of recent HIV cases among PEH in Orange County have been co-infected with...

CAHAN Disease Notification – Accelerated Subtyping of Influenza A in Hospitalized Patients

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to clinicians and laboratories due to sporadic human infections with...

CD HEALTH ALERT: Measles in a Traveler in Orange County

A case of measles has been confirmed in a child who returned at the end of November after international travel. Potential exposures may have occurred in the following situations...

CD HEALTH ALERT: Confirmed Case of Trichophyton mentagrophytes Genotype VII (TMVII) in Orange County

The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) recently identified the first case of Trichophyton mentagrophytes (TMVII) in Orange County. TMVII is a recently emerged cause of dermatophyte (e.g...

CD HEALTH ALERT: Increase in Legionnaire’s Disease in Northwestern Westminster

The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) was notified of seven confirmed cases of Legionnaire’s Disease (LD) among residents living in a community in a northwestern corner of Westminster...

CD HEALTH ALERT: Preparation for the Respiratory Virus Season 2024-2025

This alert aims to raise awareness of current guidance around the prevention and treatment of respiratory pathogens as we begin the 2024-2025 respiratory virus season. In addition...