Epi Update

Items for this week’s Epi Update include

• Ebola outbreak in Uganda declared over
• Recommendation for opt-out syphilis testing in northwest Iowa prompted by rapid increases in diagnoses

Items for this week’s Epi Update include

• Mpox testing remains available at SHL, no Iowa HHS approval required
• Reminder: Submit positive influenza specimens to SHL throughout the season
• CDC: Increase in pediatric invasive group A streptococcal infections
• Meeting announcements and training opportunities

Items for this week’s Epi Update include

• Meningococcal disease cases identified in Iowa
• Updated guidelines regarding COVID-19 therapeutics for treatment and prevention
• Holiday leftover food safety, CDC video
• Infographic: Cook meat and eggs to safe internal temperatures

Items for this week’s Epi Update include

• Guidance for prioritizing influenza antiviral use when oseltamivir availability is limited
• Seasonal disease activity remains high statewide
• Bats and rabies
• Infographic: Feeling sick?

Items for this week’s Epi Update include

• December 5: Dr. Ann Garvey Appreciation Day
• Mpox testing no longer requires Iowa HHS approval, call center closing
• Neisseria meningitidis reporting reminder
• Bordetella parapertussis
• Child products recalled due to lead hazards
• In the news: FDA approves first fecal microbiota product
• Meeting announcements and training opportunities

Items for this week’s Epi Update include:

• Early and increased respiratory virus activity, especially among youth
• Everyday disease prevention
• Be Antibiotics Aware: Protect your patient
• Monitoring, maintaining dental waterlines to prevent infections – SHL can help!
• Measles: Cases in the U.S., stay vigilant
• Cooking for large groups

Special Edition: In Memory of Dr. Ann Garvey

Items for this week’s Epi Update include

• Screening patients for Ebola virus disease (EVD)
• Recent reports of RSV, parainfluenza in Iowa and clarification regarding B. Parapertussis
• Infographic: Think Ebola: Early recognition is critical for infection control
• Meeting announcements and training opportunities

Items for this week’s Epi Update include

• Monkeypox update
• In the news: Flu off to an early start as CDC warns about potentially severe season
• Meeting announcements and training opportunities

Items for this week’s Epi Update include

• Outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Central Uganda
• Resources and requests for the 2022-23 influenza season
• Protecting everyone entering a health care facility
• Infographic: Iowa influenza surveillance webinar for the 2022-23 season

Items for this week’s Epi Update include

• Monkeypox update
• Updated COVID-19 infection prevention and control guidance for health care settings

Items for this week’s Epi Update include

• Monkeypox update
• West Nile virus activity increasing
• Blood lead collection tube shortage affecting lead testing
• Meeting announcements and training opportunities

Items for this week’s Epi Update include

• Monkeypox update
• Acute flaccid myelitis and national increase in enteroviruses, including EV-D68
• Winter is coming: Remember these steps to reduce respiratory illness
• Infographic: Look out for AFM signs and symptoms

Items for this week’s Epi Update include

• Enhanced barrier precaution use to prevent Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO) transmission
• Rabies consultations regarding possible bat exposures increasing
• Rabies post-exposure rabies prophylaxis – it’s not too late!
• Infographic: Rabies exposure management for bat-related incidents
• Meeting announcements and training opportunities

Items for this week’s Epi Update include:

• Monkeypox update
• Influenza vaccine recommendations for 2022-23 season
• Variant influenza: Identification, treatment, and prevention
• HHS announces first West Nile case of 2022
• Infographic: Tips for adequate collection of lesion specimens from suspect monkeypox case
• Meeting announcements and training opportunities

Items for this week’s Epi Update include

• Monkeypox update
• In the news: Monkeypox experts give virus variants new names
• Infographic: What to do if you suspect monkeypox

Items for this week’s Epi Update include:

• Monkeypox update
• CDC confirms first human influenza infection from pigs during 2022
• Free online courses: Bring Home the Blue, Not the Flu! Now available in Spanish!

Items for this week’s Epi Update include:

• Monkeypox update
• Parechovirus (PeV) circulating in the United States
• Impact of COVID-19 on antimicrobial resistance in the U.S.
• In the news: Bacteria that causes rare disease melioidosis discovered in U.S. environmental samples
• Infographic: Invest in prevention

Items for this week’s Epi Update include:

• Monkeypox update
• Know the risks for legionellosis, including warmer temperatures and diluted windshield wiper fluid
• HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) celebrates 10 years

Items for this week’s Epi Update include:

• Monkeypox update
• West Nile virus detected in mosquito sample. Avoid mosquito and tick bites!
• CDC Heat and Health Tracker
• In the news: CDC investigates 'one of the worst outbreaks of meningococcal disease' in US history among gay and bisexual men in Florida
• In the news: Poliovirus in London sewage sparks alarm
• Infographic: Avoid, spot, treat: Heat stroke and heat exhaustion

Items for this week’s Epi Update include:

• Monkeypox update, testing guideline changes
• Measles cases identified in Minnesota
• CDC: No recent increase in hepatitis among U.S. children, surveillance ongoing

Items for this week’s Epi Update include:

• Monkeypox update
• Candida auris: Third case identified in MN, guidance for laboratories
• Infographic: Social gatherings, safer sex, and monkeypox

Items for this week’s Epi Update include:

• Update on monkeypox in the U.S., guidance for requesting laboratory testing
• Cyclospora positive stool? Send it to SHL!
• Infographic: Laboratory process for monkeypox virus
• Meeting announcements and training opportunities

Items for this week’s Epi Update include:

• Monkeypox case identified in U.S., clusters identified in non-endemic countries
• Healthy and Safe Swimming Week, toolkit
• Cryptosporidium risks with animal exposure
• CDC’s BEAM Dashboard provides in-depth foodborne pathogen data
• Infographic: Make a healthy splash

Items for this week’s Epi Update include:

• Project Firstline infection control survey
• Infant formula shortage update
• Updated rabies Pre-exposure (PrEP) vaccine, titer check recommendations
• May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month

Items for this week’s Epi Update include:

• Iowa COVID-19 update
• Travel, potential health risks, and guidance to stay safe
• In the news: CDC investigating more than 100 cases of unexplained hepatitis in children, including 5 deaths
• Infographic: Protect your health – Illness could be just a plane ride away