Past Updates from the Clinician Registry Listserv
Update Sent July 02, 2007
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Today's topics Include:
- COCA Conference Call
- Clinical Reminder - Fireworks Safety
- Avian Influenza
- Seasonal Influenza
- Food Safety
- Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Journal
COCA Conference Call
Please join us for our next COCA Conference Call on Extreme Heat!
Topic: Heat Waves and Climate Change: A Public Health Perspective
Speaker: George Luber, MA, PhD
Date: Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
Dial-in Number: 888-730-9137
Passcode: COCA
Objectives
This presentation will begin with an overview of the epidemiology of heat waves and the health effects of extreme heat exposure. This will be followed by a discussion of the potential impact of climate change on heat waves and will conclude with an overview of some current CDC activities to model the local impacts of heat waves and develop products to assist local emergency response coordinators in their efforts to prevent deaths.
Speaker Information
Dr. George Luber is an epidemiologist at the National Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He earned his PhD from the University of Georgia and has served as and Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at CDC. His research interests include the epidemiology of harmful algal blooms and the health effects of climate change. Most recently, his work has focused on the epidemiology and prevention of heat-related illness and death, the development of municipal heat response plans, and the application of remote sensing techniques to modeling vulnerability to heat stress in urban environments.
Slides will be available prior to the call from the COCA Web site: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/coca/callinfo.asp
Clinical Reminder - Fireworks Safety
Play It Safe: Leave Fireworks to the Professionals
Though they can be exciting, festive, and fun, it is important to remember that fireworks are also dangerous. In 2005, an estimated 10,800 people were treated in US emergency departments for fireworks-related injuries. The US National Fire Protection Association and CDC strongly recommend that fireworks be used only by professionals.
http://www.cdc.gov/Features/Fireworks/
Avian Influenza
Avian Influenza – Situation in Viet Nam - June 29
The Ministry of Health in Viet Nam has confirmed two new human cases of influenza A(H5N1) virus infection, the first human cases to have been reported from Viet Nam since November 2005. Both cases have been confirmed by the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) and by the WHO H5 Reference Laboratory, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_06_29/en/index.html
Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO - June 29
WHO Case Count
Seasonal Influenza
Prevention and Control of Influenza - Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2007 - MMWR, June 29
This report updates the 2006 recommendations by CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding the use of influenza vaccine and antiviral agents.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr56e629a1.htm
Food Safety
Tennessee Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Chicken Products for Possible Listeria Contamination - USDA News Release, June 29
State of Tennessee Cook Chill, a Nashville, Tenn., firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 2,768 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.
USDA News Release
Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Journal
Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Journal
The Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) journal provides recognition of new and re-emerging infections and understanding of factors involved in disease emergence, prevention, and elimination. It also represents the scientific communications component of CDC's efforts against the threat of emerging infections. See the July 2007 issue of the EID journal at the following link: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm.
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