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  • The Rise of Congenital SyphilisAugust 11, 2023
    Congenital syphilis is a disease that occurs when a pregnant person with syphilis passes it onto their baby during pregnancy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2023). Syphilis can be transmitted to a baby in utero through placental blood flow or through direct contact with … Continue reading The Rise of Congenital Syphilis
  • Antimicrobial Resistance and Multi-Drug Resistant Organism in Hospitals and Long-Term Care FacilitiesMay 2, 2023
    Antimicrobial resistance happens when germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them. That means the germs are not killed and continue to grow. Resistant infections can be difficult, and sometimes impossible to treat. Multidrug-resistant organisms are bacteria’s … Continue reading Antimicrobial Resistance and Multi-Drug Resistant Organism in Hospitals and Long-Term Care Facilities
  • Extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa causing infection outbreak.April 10, 2023
    Infections from a rare extensively drug-resistant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa have been identified in 12 states (CA, CO, CT, FL, NJ, NY, NV, TX, UT, WA, WI). Most of the infections were from patients who reported using artificial tears. Patients reported more than 10 brands … Continue reading Extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa causing infection outbreak.
  • Candida auris: A multi-drug resistant pathogenMarch 6, 2023
    Candida auris is an emerging pathogen that results in nosocomial infections and is considered a serious global health problem. It was first observed as a novel  Candida species in 2009 and has been isolated in 35 countries. C. auris may cause invasive infections associated with high mortality. It is … Continue reading Candida auris: A multi-drug resistant pathogen
  • What You Should Know About the 2022 Monkeypox OutbreakJune 14, 2022
    From early May 2022 to June 13, 2022 (the date of this podcast recording), over 1,300 confirmed cases of monkeypox have been reported across 31 countries that normally don’t see any cases of monkeypox. Occasionally, outbreaks have occurred outside Africa. But, in most instances, these … Continue reading What You Should Know About the 2022 Monkeypox Outbreak
  • Hepatitis Outbreak in ChildrenJune 7, 2022
    The State of Alabama has had a lot of firsts; the first open-heart surgery in the Western Hemisphere was performed in Montgomery in 1902, in 1968 the first 911 call was placed from Haleyville, AL, and unfortunately in 2021 amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic Alabama … Continue reading Hepatitis Outbreak in Children

CDC Health Alert Network Feed

  • Severe Vibrio vulnificus Infections in the United States Associated with Warming Coastal Waters - Health Alert Network (HAN) No. 497
  • Important Updates on Locally Acquired Malaria Cases Identified in Florida, Texas, and Maryland - Health Alert Network (HAN) No. 496
  • cWildfire Smoke Exposure Poses Threat to At-Risk Populations - Health Alert Network (HAN) No. 495
  • Locally Acquired Malaria Cases Identified in the United States - Health Alert Network (HAN) No. 494
  • Guidance on Measles during the Summer Travel Season - Health Alert Network (HAN) No. 493
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