On May 22, 2014, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) sent an advisory through its PA Health Alert Network (PA-HAN) to provide guidance to physicians … Read More ›
Category: Patient Care & Quality
On Jan. 30, 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an update on the epidemiology of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) … Read More ›
For the first time, blacklegged (deer) ticks have now been observed in all 67 counties of Pennsylvania, according to researchers at the Department of Environmental Protection … Read More ›
The holiday season, with its increase in travel, is a good time to remind clinicians and hospitals that all recent travelers to malaria-endemic regions presenting … Read More ›
On Jan. 26, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) forwarded a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) alert on the U.S. multi-state measles outbreak … Read More ›
On June 5, 2014, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) alerted the public and media to a case of potential exposure to measles in Dauphin … Read More ›
The confirmation of a measles diagnosis in Cumberland County, following closely on the heels of a multi-state measles outbreak that began in California, has led … Read More ›
The Allegheny County Health Department has alerted the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) and the local media that a case of measles has been confirmed … Read More ›