CDC Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity - COCA

Healthcare professionals, we invite you to join us for our next COCA Call: 2022-2023 Seasonal Influenza Testing and Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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When: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 / 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET

Overview:
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted influenza activity during the past two seasons. Since October 2022, influenza activity has increased, signaling an early start to the U.S. influenza season. While it is not possible to predict influenza activity or the severity of the upcoming influenza season in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is preparing for co-circulation of influenza and SARS-CoV-2 viruses. While annual influenza vaccination remains the best way to prevent influenza, antiviral medications are an essential addition to vaccination—especially in treating outpatients with suspected or confirmed influenza, people at high risk for influenza complications, those with progressive disease, and hospitalized influenza patients. During this COCA Call, the presenter will provide an overview of CDC’s recommendations for healthcare providers about influenza diagnostics and the use of antiviral medications for the 2022-2023 influenza season, including considerations during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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OFFICIAL CDC HEALTH ALERT NETWORK (HAN) HEALTH UPDATE #480:
Update on Ebola Virus Disease (Sudan ebolavirus) Outbreak in Central Uganda

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Update as a follow-up to a HAN Health Advisory (Outbreak of Ebola virus disease (Sudan ebolavirus) in Central Uganda) issued on October 6, 2022. This Health Update serves to inform public health departments, public health laboratories, and clinicians in the United States about the ongoing outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Uganda caused by Sudan virus (species Sudan ebolavirus). No suspect or confirmed EVD cases related to this outbreak have been reported in the United States (U.S.) or other countries outside of Uganda to date. However, as a precaution because of increasing cases in Uganda, CDC is communicating with public health departments, public health laboratories, and healthcare workers in the United States to provide an update and raise awareness of this outbreak and the potential for importation of cases.

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HAN Archive - 00480 | Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Alert Network (HAN). Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

OFFICIAL CDC HEALTH ALERT NETWORK (HAN) HEALTH ADVISORY #478:
Outbreaks of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections Highlight the Importance of Maintaining and Monitoring Dental Waterlines
Summary:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to emphasize the importance of following existing recommendations for maintaining and monitoring dental waterlines. Multiple outbreaks of nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) infections have occurred in children who received pulpotomies in pediatric dental clinics where the dental treatment water contained high levels of bacteria. CDC provides guidelines on infection control in dental settings, which contain recommendations to treat dental unit waterlines and monitor water quality. Dental providers should be familiar with these recommendations on how to properly maintain and monitor their dental equipment to ensure that dental treatment water is safe for patient care.
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HAN Archive - 00478 | Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Alert Network (HAN). Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Healthcare professionals, we invite you to join us for our next COCA Call: What Clinicians Need to Know about Dengue in the United States

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When: Thursday, September 29, 2022 / 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET

During this COCA Call, presenters will discuss the current global and domestic dengue epidemiology and its relevance for clinicians in the United States. Presenters will also review dengue clinical classification, diagnosis, and general treatment guidelines based on World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.

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Healthcare professionals, we invite you to join us for our next COCA Call: Evaluating and Supporting Patients Presenting with Cardiovascular Symptoms Following COVID

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When: Tuesday, September 20, 2022 / 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET

During this COCA Call, presenters will discuss post-COVID conditions (PCC), also referred to as Long COVID or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Post-COVID conditions is an umbrella term for the wide range of health consequences that are present four or more weeks after infection with SARS-CoV-2. Of the variety of symptoms that patients with PCC experience, cardiovascular symptoms and complications are among the most common and debilitating. Presenters will also outline the recommended clinical approach to identifying and managing cardiovascular complications in these patients based on the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) “Multi-Disciplinary Collaborative Consensus Guidance Statement on the Assessment and Treatment of Cardiovascular Complications in PCC”. The burden of PCC is expected to reflect the disproportionate burden of infection by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, and to highlight ongoing inequities in health care healthcare. The AAPM&R Health Equity Work Group has developed guidance to highlight the central role that principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion play in delivering quality health care.

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Webinar Tuesday, September 20, 2022 - Evaluating and Supporting Patients Presenting with Cardiovascular Symptoms Following COVID CDC Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA). Providing clinicians the most current and reliable information on emerging public health threats, such as pandemics, natural disasters, and bioterrorism.

Healthcare professionals, we invite you to join us for the second of two upcoming COCA Calls during the week of 9/12/22

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Topic: 2022–2023 Recommendations for Influenza Prevention and Treatment in Children: An Update for Pediatric Providers

When: Thursday, September 15, 2022, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET

Influenza remains a serious threat to children due to its potential to cause severe morbidity and mortality. Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent influenza illness and associated complications, including death. Influenza vaccination remains particularly important during the COVID-19 pandemic when transmission of SARS-Co V-2 and other respiratory viruses can be high. Clinicians play a critical role in taking action to immunize children and their family members and caregivers. During this COCA Call, presenters from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will provide an overview of influenza prevention and treatment recommendations for the 2022–2023 season.

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Webinar Thursday, September 15, 2022 - 2022–2023 Recommendations for Influenza Prevention and Treatment in Children: An Update for Pediatric Providers CDC Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA). Providing clinicians the most current and reliable information on emerging public health threats, such as pandemics, natural disasters, and bioterrorism.

OFFICIAL CDC HEALTH ALERT NETWORK (HAN) HEALTH ADVISORY 474: Severe Respiratory Illnesses Associated with Rhinoviruses and/or Enteroviruses Including EV-D68 – Multistate, 2022

Summary: Healthcare providers and hospitals in several regions of the United States notified the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during August 2022 about increases in pediatric hospitalizations in patients with severe respiratory illness who also tested positive for rhinovirus (RV) and/or enterovirus (EV). RVs and EVs can have clinically similar presentations and are indistinguishable from one another on multiplex assays often used in clinical settings. Upon further typing, some specimens have been positive for enterovirus D68 (EV-D68). Concurrently, pediatric acute respiratory illness sentinel surveillance sites are reporting a higher proportion of EV-D68 positivity in children who are RV/EV positive compared to previous years. Although it primarily causes acute respiratory illness, EV-D68 has been associated with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a rare but serious neurologic complication involving limb weakness.

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Healthcare professionals, we invite you to join us for the first of two upcoming COCA Calls during the week of 9/12/22.

Free CE. Registration is not required.

Topic: Recommendations for Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Doses in People Ages 12 Years and Older

When: Tuesday, September 13, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET

During this COCA Call, presenters will discuss CDC’s new guidance on bivalent COVID-19 booster doses for people ages 12 years and older, including those who are moderately or severely immunocompromised. COVID-19 vaccination provides protection against serious illness and outcomes associated with COVID-19, including emergency department or urgent care visits, hospitalizations, and death.

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Webinar Tuesday, September 13, 2022 - Recommendations for Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Doses in People Ages 12 Years and Older CDC Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA). Providing clinicians the most current and reliable information on emerging public health threats, such as pandemics, natural disasters, and bioterrorism.

Healthcare professionals, we invite you to join us for our next COCA Call: 2022-2023 Influenza Vaccination Recommendations and Guidance on Coadministration with COVID-19 Vaccines.

When: Thursday, September 8, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET

During this COCA Call, presenters will provide updates on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations for the 2022-2023 influenza vaccination season, including information on a new preferential vaccine recommendation for adults ages 65 and older. In addition, presenters will outline guidance for the coadministration of influenza and COVID-19 vaccines. Registration is not required. Free CE.

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Webinar Thursday, September 8, 2022 - 2022-2023 Influenza Vaccination Recommendations and Guidance on Coadministration with COVID-19 Vaccines CDC Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA). Providing clinicians the most current and reliable information on emerging public health threats, such as pandemics, natural disasters, and bioterrorism.

OFFICIAL CDC HEALTH ALERT NETWORK (HAN) HEALTH ADVISORY 473: Variant Influenza Virus Infections: Recommendations for Identification, Treatment, and Prevention for Summer and Fall 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to provide updates on recent variant influenza virus infections and summarize CDC’s recommendations for identification, treatment, and prevention of variant influenza virus infection for the summer and fall of 2022.

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HAN Archive - 00473 | Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Alert Network (HAN). Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Healthcare providers, join us for our next COCA Call: Polio in New York: How to Recognize and Report Polio, and Reinforce Routine Childhood Polio Vaccination

When: Thursday, September 1, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET

During this COCA Call, presenters will discuss the history of polio in the United States and the current New York state outbreak. They will also review clinical aspects of poliovirus infection, how to report suspected cases, and recommendations for polio vaccination in the United States.

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Webinar Thursday, September 1, 2022 - Polio in New York: How to Recognize and Report Polio, and Reinforce Routine Childhood Polio Vaccination The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating a case of poliomyelitis, or paralytic polio, in New York state in an unvaccinated patient who presented to an emergency room with lower limb weakness and fever. CDC urges all healthcare providers to ensure their patients are curre...

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