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FLU update:

Check out the SOUTH on this FLU map. My Maryland is HIGH. Please stay safe and wear your mask.

cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm

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3️⃣Guinea Worm Disease Got Close to Eradication

The World Health Organization declared in 1980 that smallpox had officially been wiped out, thanks to successful vaccination campaigns around the globe. In 2023, another illness got on track to become the second-ever infectious disease to be eradicated, and the first to reach the milestone without medicine or a vaccine.

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Using people who have received the 2023/2024 updates from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Novavax as the yardstick, CDC has determined that 33% of Americans qualify as vaccinated as of December 10.

Arizona stands out as having the lowest rate at 16.1%. Texas follows it at 18.7%, Arkansas’ rate at 22%, Alabama at 22.3%, South Carolina at 22.9%, Tennessee at 24.4% and Mississippi at 25.5%.

247wallst.com/healthcare-econo

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Philadelphia health officials notify residents of possible measles exposure

City officials, PA Department of Health, and Jefferson Health, notified people who were in the Jefferson Health building - 33 South 9th Street (formerly known as 833 Chestnut Street) on Tuesday, Dec. 19 between 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. of a possible exposure.
That location includes practices associated with Jefferson Health and other offices, officials say.

6abc.com/philadelphia-departme

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Top COVID FAQs of 2023: Staying safe at home, flying tips, shot combos, new variant

This is the year that the COVID-19 pandemic was declared to be no longer a global health emergency.
But even though case counts are down in 2023, it's not as if everything is back to normal.

npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/

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A known carcinogen is showing up in wildfire ash, and researchers are worried

Though the researchers only found hexavalent chromium in samples of wildfire ash and not wildfire smoke itself, Fendorf said they inferred that it was likely also present in the smoke. He said the team intends to collect samples from wildfire smoke in the future to test that hypothesis.

npr.org/2023/12/19/1220340295/

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Quaker Recalls Granola Bars and Granola Cereals Due to Possible Health Risk

The products listed are sold throughout the 50 US, Puerto Rico, Guam and Saipan. Consumers should check their for any products on the list and dispose of them.

fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-

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Massachusetts officials report cluster of hepatitis A cases they say resembles 2018 outbreak

Ten cases have been confirmed since Sept. 1 of this year, with more than half occurring since Nov. 1, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) told ABC News on Tuesday.

Some of the cases have been severe, with seven requiring hospitalization, the department said. However, no deaths have been reported.

abcnews.go.com/Health/massachu

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Mysterious Pneumonia Outbreak Emerges in New York — Days After Similar Illness Reported in China

Officials in Warren county said that they do not believe there are new pathogens spreading

themessenger.com/health/new-yo

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Free COVID tests headed to nation's schools

The administration's initiative will make available millions of tests for school districts as they enter the winter months — a time when COVID activity is expected to peak. Already, emergency department visits and wastewater data indicate that cases are climbing in the U.S.

Schools can begin ordering tests in early December, the administration said.

npr.org/sections/health-shots/

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UK detects its first human case of swine flu strain

Fifty human cases of the train have been reported globally since 2005. The new case is the first to be detected in the UK and is unrelated genetically to the previous cases.

Influenza A(H1N2)v is similar to flu viruses circulating in pigs in the UK. The UK Health Security Agency has formally notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about the discovery.

theguardian.com/world/2023/nov

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Ohio Egg Farm Slaughters 1.35 Million Chickens Over Bird Flu

More than 8 million birds have been killed this year in efforts to prevent the spread of avian influenza.

huffpost.com/entry/bc-us-bird-

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Class-action lawsuit filed after Salem Hospital patients possibly exposed to HIV, hepatitis

The lawsuit, which is against Mass General Brigham, Salem Hospital and 10 hospital employees, accuses the hospital of negligently administrating intravenous medications during endoscopy procedures between June of 2021 and April of this year.

wcvb.com/article/class-action-

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Measles deaths jumped over 40% from 2021 to 2022, CDC reports

livescience.com/health/viruses

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted new flu data on Friday, showing very high activity last week in Louisiana, and high activity in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, New Mexico and South Carolina. It was also high in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, the U.S. territory where health officials declared an influenza epidemic earlier this month.

apnews.com/article/flu-us-puer

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Fentanyl-laced letters are being sent to election offices, so officials are stocking up on naloxone

Harkening back to the anthrax attacks that killed five people in 2001, the mailings are prompting elections officials already frustrated with ongoing harassment and threats to reach out to local police, fire and health departments for help stocking up on the
overdose reversal medication naloxone.

apnews.com/article/narcan-nalo

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is screening imports of cinnamon from multiple countries for toxic lead contamination after growing reports of children who were sickened after eating pouches of applesauce and apple puree.

Cinnamon from a manufacturer in Ecuador is the “likely source” of high levels of lead found in recalled pouches of applesauce puree linked to illnesses in at least 34 children in 22 states, the FDA said Friday.

apnews.com/article/wanabana-le

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A Nasty Tropical Skin Disease Is Now Endemic in the U.S.

A unique U.S. strain of leishmaniasis has just been reported

Most samples harboring the local strain were from TX, but this could be partly because of heightened awareness there. A lack of awareness in other states makes it difficult to know if it is elsewhere. “From a public health perspective, we want to raise awareness among physicians that cases may occur without international travel."

scientificamerican.com/article

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Nearly 450 patients at Massachusetts hospital may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis

All patients have been notified. So far, no infections have been reported among the patients, the hospital said.

abcnews.go.com/Health/450-pati

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Douglas County officials declare health emergency amid TB exposure

wowt.com/video/2023/11/13/publ

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