Current Issues and Disease Alerts

Select a current issue or disease alert below for more information.

2012

• Measles at Super Bowl Village (2/10/12)
• Free Sexually Transmitted Disease Partner Medications (1/6/12)
• Long Term Care Facility Weather Related Disaster Reporting (1/17/12)
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Reporting (1/17/12)

2011

• Reporting Requirements & Immunization Recommendations 2011-2012 Flu Season (10/28/2011)
• Pertussis Outbreak in Childcare Facility (8/31/11)
• Tdap Use in Pregnant Women (8/23/11)
• Increase in Pertussis Cases (8/3/11)
• Tularemia (7/26/11)
• School Immunization Law Changes  (6/10/11)
• Measles Outbreak In Unites States (5/20/11)
• Increase in Syphilis  (5/17/2011)
• Radiation Treatment (3/21/11)
• Radiation Exposure from Japan and Concerns Regarding Potassium Iodide (3/18/11)
• Norovirus (2/5/11)
• Increase in Pertussis Cases (1/27/11)
• Gonorrhea Treatment Guidelines (1/6/11)

2010

• Pertussis Outbreak - Tacoma Elementary School (12/10/10)
  
• Flu Vaccine Update (10/14/10)
  
• Influenza Reporting and Testing (9/21/10)
  
• Sanofi H1N1 vaccine expiration date (9/2/10)
  
• Wound Botulism Case in Heroin User (9/1/10)
  
• Whooping Cough--On the Rise (8/6/10)
• Pertussis--Increase in Cases (7/6/10)
• Measles in British Columbia (4/21/10)
• Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreaks (4/21/10)
• Continued Immunization for 2009 H1N1 Influenza (3/17/10)
• H1N1 Vaccine Disposal or Return (3/3/10)
• H1N1 Doses Administered Reporting (3/1/10)
• Sanofi Pasteur Vaccine Shortened Shelf Life (2/5/10)
• Zoonotic Disease Program Change (1/14/10)
• Levamisole Contamination (1/5/10)
  

2009

• Voluntary Non-Safety-Related Recall of Specific Lots of Nasal Spray Vaccine for 2009 H1N1 Influenza (12/23/09)
• Pediatric H1N1 Vaccine Recalled (12/16/09)
• H1N1 Vaccine Administration Expanded Effective 12/12/09 (12/9/09)
• H1N1 Vaccine Information (12/7/09)
• H1N1 Vaccine Expanded Target Groups (12/1/09)
• H1N1 General Information Correction (11/19/09)
• H1N1 General Information (11/18/09)
  • Change in Target Groups
  • Three Free N1N1 Vaccine Clinics for Healthcare Workers
  • Schedule for H1N1 Vaccine Ordering
  • Online Vaccine Order Tracking
• H1N1 Priority Group Clarification (11/10/09)
• H1N1 Priority Group Change (11/6/09)
• H1N1 Supply Update and Usage (10/29/09)
• Wound Botulism Case In Heroin User (9/23/09)
  
• H1N1 Algorithm for Testing (9/21/09)
• H1N1 Vaccine for Dental Providers (9/9/09)
• H1N1 Vaccine for Your Patients (8/28/09)
• H1N1 Rapid Influenza Test Sensitivity (7/10/09)
• Swine Flu Update (7/2/10)
• H1N1 Testing and Reporting Requirement Changes (6/5/09)
  
• H1N1 Reporting Requirements (5/15/09)
• H1N1 Infection Control for Healthcare Providers (5/7/09)
• H1N1 Surveillance and Infection Control Update (4/29/09)
• H1N1 Interim Guidance (4/29/09)
• H1N1 Testing, Treatment and Infection Control (4/28/09)