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Health alerts, advisories, and updates

Expanded Syphilis Screening Recommendations and Resolution of Benzathine Penicillin G Shortage

Update

2025-01-23
CDPH Health Update: Evaluation and Testing for Human Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Infection

Update

2024-12-12
First United States Clade I Mpox Case Diagnosed in California

Update

2024-11-22
Flu, COVID-19 and RSV Vaccination 2024–25

Update

2024-10-10
Updated Recommendations for Prescribing Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (Doxy-PEP)

Update

2024-09-12
Outbreak of Clade I Mpox in Central and East Africa

Update

2024-08-21
Penicillin G Benzathine (Bicillin L-A®) Shortage Resolving and Reports of Rare, Difficult to Treat Dermatophyte Infections

Update

2024-06-26
COVID-19 Prevention

Update

2024-05-07
Discontinuation of Ciprofloxacin as Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for Invasive Meningococcal Disease

Advisory

2024-01-23
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccination

Advisory

2023-11-09
Updated 2023–24 COVID-19 Vaccine

Advisory

2023-10-26
Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Update 2023–24

Update

2023-09-08
Penicillin G Benzathine (Bicillin L-A) Shortage (Updated)

Advisory

2023-08-31
Increase in Mpox Cases Among SF Residents

Advisory

2023-08-30
Penicillin G Benzathine (Bicillin L-A) Shortage

Advisory

2023-05-18
COVID-19 Vaccination, Hepatitis B Screening, Mpox Vaccination

Update

2023-05-12
CDC Health Advisory: Increase in Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigellosis in the United States

Advisory

2023-03-06
Xylazine Identified in Overdose Decedents

Alert

2023-02-16
CDPH Health Advisory: Lower Barriers to Prescribing COVID-19 Therapeutics to Mitigate Impact of COVID-19

Advisory

2022-12-21
Expanded Mpox Vaccination Recommendations

Update

2022-12-09
Influenza and Respiratory Virus Season 2022–23

Advisory

2022-11-23
MPX Vaccine Eligibility Expansion and Recommendations for MPX Clinical Diagnosis

Advisory

2022-10-12
Seasonal Influenza Vaccination 2022-23

Update

2022-09-28
Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters

Update

2022-09-08
Polio Vaccination

Advisory

2022-09-01
Intradermal Vaccination with JYNNEOS; Rationale, Policy, and Implementation

Advisory

2022-08-18
Monkeypox

Update

2022-08-10
CDC Health Advisory: Parechovirus (PeV) Infections in Neonates and Young Infants

Advisory

2022-07-25
Update on Monkeypox Reporting, Testing, Vaccination, and Treatment

Advisory

2022-07-15
CDPH Healthcare Provider Health Advisory: Managing Monkeypox Virus Infection in California, Updated June 23, 2022

Advisory

2022-07-08
Current Status for Monkeypox Vaccine

Update

2022-06-30
Monkeypox Cases in San Francisco

Advisory

2022-06-14
Monkeypox Virus Infection in the United States and Other Non-endemic Countries

Advisory

2022-05-27
Monkeypox Infections in US Residents Without Travel to Endemic Areas

Advisory

2022-05-24
CDPH Advisory: Monkeypox Virus Infection in the United States and Other Non-endemic Countries – Enhancing Surveillance in California as of May 20, 2022

Advisory

2022-05-23
CDPH VRDL Orthopox Virus Laboratory Testing Guidance

Advisory

2022-05-23
CDC Health Advisory: Monkeypox Virus Infection in the United States and Other Non-endemic Countries—2022

Advisory

2022-05-20
CDPH Health Advisory: Seasonal Influenza Activity is Increasing in California

Advisory

2022-05-19
Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease in Florida Involving Men Who Have Sex with Men-Recommendations for San Francisco

Advisory

2022-05-18
Improved Supply and Accessibility of Outpatient COVID-19 Therapeutics

Update

2022-05-17
CDC Immunization Schedule Updates, Hepatitis B and C Screening of Adults, and FDA Update to Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Authorization

Advisory

2022-05-09
CDPH Health Advisory: Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Etiology in Children

Advisory

2022-04-26
2nd Boosters of COVID-19 Vaccine

Update

2022-04-05
Overdoses Among Persons Unintentionally Exposed to Fentanyl While Using Cocaine

Alert

2022-03-17
COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose Update

Update

2022-01-13
Authorization of Paxlovid and Molnupiravir for Oral Treatment of Mild-to-Moderate COVID-19

Advisory

2022-01-10

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