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Health Alerts

The San Francisco Department of Public Health sends out Health Alerts, Advisories, and Updates regarding communicable disease outbreaks, immunization updates, and emerging infectious diseases to San Francisco clinicians.

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Health Alerts, Advisories, and Updates
H1N1 Swine Influenza A Health Advisory New! Home Page - Novel Influenza A H1N1 (Swine) Flu	Advisory	02-05-10
H1N1 Swine Influenza A Health Advisory	Advisory	01-21-10
H1N1 Swine Influenza A Health Advisory (Updated 10/30: Infection Control Precautions for Health Care Settings)	Advisory	10-26-2009
H1N1 Swine Influenza A Health Advisory	Advisory	10-21-2009
Novel Influenza A H1N1 (Swine) Virus Health Advisory (Testing and Infection Control sections updated October 13, 2009)	Advisory	07-06-2009
Health Alert: Novel Influenza A H1N1 (Swine) Virus Health Alert	Alert	06-24-2009
Novel Influenza A H1N1 (Swine) Virus Surveillance, Testing, Reporting, Antiviral Treatment and Chemoprophylaxis, and Infection Control Precautions	Advisory	06-02-2009
Novel Influenza A H1N1 (Swine) Virus: Surveillance, Testing, Reporting, Antiviral Treatment and Chemoprophylaxis, and Infection Control Precautions	Alert	05-18-2009
Novel Influenza A H1N1 (Swine) Virus: Surveillance, Testing, Reporting, Antiviral Treatment and Chemoprophylaxis, and Infection Control Precautions	Alert	05-12-2009
H1N1 (Swine) Flu Surveillance, Testing, Reporting, Antiviral Treatment and Chemoprophylaxis, and Infection Control Precautions	Alert	05-04-2009
H1N1 (Swine) Flu Surveillance, Testing, Reporting, Antiviral Treatment and Chemoprophylaxis, and Infection Control Precautions	Alert	05-01-2009
Swine Influenza Health Alert - Surveillance, Testing, Reporting and Antiviral Treatment	Alert	04-29-2009
Swine Influenza Health Alert - Instructions for Surveillance, Testing, and Reporting	Alert	04-27-2009
Swine Influenza Health Alert	Alert	04-24-2009
Measles Health Alert Information for Persons Potentially Exposed to Measles Frequently Asked Questions and Answers about Measles	Alert	01-30-2009
Interim Recommendations for the Use of Antiviral Medications During the 2008-2009 Influenza Season	Advisory	01-22-2009
Seasonal Influenza Health Advisory	Advisory	10-30-2008
Syphilis in San Francisco	Advisory	10-27-2008
MRSA and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Treatment Guidelines	Update	10-14-2008
Limited Supply of Rabies Vaccine - Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Available with Public Health Approval What You and Your Physician Should Know About Rabies How to Order Rabies Vaccine and Human Rabies Immune Globulin (Updated April 2, 2009) Press Release: City Health Officials Issue Bat and Rabies Warning (Oct. 2, 2008)	Update	10-03-2008
Another Measles Case in San Francisco Measles Flyer from California Department of Public Health SFDPH Laboratory Form Measles FAQs	Advisory	07-17-2008
Measles Case in San Francisco	Alert	05-08-2008
Botulism Health Update and Rabid Bats found in San Francisco Botulism Information and Resources Rabies Information and Resources	Update	01-28-2008
Community Associated Methicilin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in San Francisco MRSA Information and Resources	Advisory	01-18-2008
Seasonal and Avian Influenza Health Advisory and Directions to MRSA Resources Influenza disease reporting and control resources	Advisory	11-15-2007
Changes in California Disease Reporting Regulations List of Legally Reportable Diseases and Conditions	Update	08-27-2007
Wound Botulism Cases in Injection Drug Users	Alert	08-14-2007
Seasonal and Avian Influenza Health Advisory	Advisory	11-30-2006
N. meningitidis Surveillance & Annual Report on Communicable Diseases in SF Update of Results of N. meningitidis Surveillance in California Annual Report of Communicable Diseases in San Francisco 2004-2005	Update	10-26-2006
Contaminated Oysters Responsible for Cases of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	Advisory	08-07-2006
Wound Botulism Cases in Injection Drug Users	Alert	06-02-2006
West Nile Virus: Recognition, Testing, Reporting Procedures, Surveillance Activities	Update	05-09-2006
Rabies Prophylaxis for Potential Bat Exposures	Update	12-12-2005
Cluster of Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections in Injection Drug Users Frequently Asked Questions: Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections	Alert	11-17-2005
Seasonal and Avian Influenza Health Advisory	Advisory	11-08-2005
Environmental Detection of F. tularensis	Advisory	10-31-2005
Communicable Disease Management for Hurricane Katrina Evacuees	Advisory	09-09-2005
West Nile Virus, Reporting & Testing	Update	04-2005
Meningococcal Disease, Enhanced Surveillance & Testing & New Conjugate Vaccine	Update	02-24-2005
Lymphogranuloma Vernereum (LGV) Infection in San Francisco	Alert	12-22-2004
Cases of Wound Botulism in Infection Drug Users	Alert	11-29-2004
Cases of Wound Botulism in Injection Drug Users	Alert	11-09-2004
Influenza Health Advisory	Advisory	11-03-2004
Cluster of Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infection in Injection Drug Users	Alert	08-30-2004
Updated Recommendations for Avian Influenza and SARS	Advisory	02-09-2004
Enhanced Surveillance for SARS and Avian Influenza	Advisory	01-23-2004
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)	Advisory	03-18-2003

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