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CD Health Alert: FDA Approval of Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Ages 16 and Older August 24, 2021 Yesterday, August 23, 2021, the US Food and Drug…
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OC Health Care Agency Issues Bay Water Closure
The OC Health Care Agency’s Environmental Health division has closed the bay water area from Bayside Drive Beach to China Cove due to a sewage spill. Read More
CD HEALTH ALERT New Gonorrhea Treatment Guidelines from CDC
CDC has updated its recommendation for the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea in adults. Gonorrhea should now be treated with just one higher dose (500 mg) injection of ceftriaxone, and dual…
CD HEALTH ALERT Updated COVID19 Quarantine Guidance for OC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published updated recommendations for quarantine of persons following exposure to a COVID-19 case, including options for a…
CD HEALTH ALERT Expanded Syphilis Screening Guidelines for Prevention of Congenital Syphilis
In 2018, there were 329 infants with congenital syphilis (CS) reported in California, representing a 900 percent increase from 2012, and a magnitude of CS burden not observed since 1995. These trends…
April 30 2019 Potential Measles Case
KHẢ NĂNG PHƠI NHIỄM CỘNG ĐỒNG VỚI TRƯỜNG HỢP NHIỄM BỆNH SỞI (Santa Ana, CA) – OC Health Care Agency (HCA) [Cơ quan Chăm sóc Sức khoẻ OC] đã xác nhận trường hợp nhiễm bệnh sởi đầu tiên trong năm 2019…
CD HEALTH ALERT Guidance for Assessment of Suspected COVID19 Variant Cases and Breakthrough Disease in Vaccinated Persons
COVID-19 variants pose a significant threat to worldwide efforts to end the pandemic; to date, 46 states have reported at least one case of a variant of concern, including cases caused by B1.1.7, B.1…