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Update Sent March 09, 2009

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Emergency Preparedness

Who should be vaccinated against smallpox? Are there adverse reactions? - CDC - March 12
CDC has updated its questions and answers for Smallpox: Vaccine Basics, including information on vaccination before and after exposure to smallpox, contraindications and screening, vaccination while pregnant or breastfeeding, and vaccine storage and distribution.
http://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/vaccination/vaccine.asp

Pediatric Hospital Surge Capacity in Public Health Emergencies - AHRQ - March 11
The special medical needs of children make it essential that health care facilities be prepared for both pediatric and adult victims of bioterrorism attacks and other public health emergencies. With the recommendations provided in this review, clinicians and hospital administrators will be able to develop unique responses to mass casualty events involving pediatric patients. Following the all-hazards approach, the recommendations within this monograph can also be used in consequence management after a public health emergency such as pandemic influenza.
http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/pedhospital/

School-Based Emergency Preparedness - A National Analysis and Recommended Protocol - AHRQ - March 11
Despite important advances in our country's ability to respond effectively to public health emergencies, there continues to be inadequate development of pediatric protocols that could be implemented by the local, State, and Federal agencies charged with preparation and consequence management. Children differ from adults in many ways that are of great importance in building public health emergency response plans. This publication describes to readers a practical approach to creating a school-based all-hazards emergency response plan from the national literature in combination with "lessons learned" in the field.
http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/schoolprep/

Food Safety

Search for Peanut Butter Product Recalls - FDA - Updated Daily
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to maintain the searchable database that will be updated as new information becomes available: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/peanutbutterrecall/index.cfm

Measures to Address the Risk for Contamination by Salmonella Species in Food Containing a Peanut-Derived Product as an Ingredient - FDA - March 12
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends that manufacturers obtain any peanut-derived ingredient only from suppliers who use production processes that have been demonstrated to adequately reduce the presence of Salmonella species (Salmonella spp.), or that they ensure that their own manufacturing process would adequately reduce the presence of Salmonella species.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/pnutguid.html

Infectious Diseases

Drug Combination Defeats Deadliest Form of Tuberculosis - NIH - March 9
A new study has identified a potential treatment for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, the most deadly form of the disease. The treatment involves a combination of 2 drugs that have already been approved for fighting bacterial infections.
http://www.nih.gov/news/research_matters/march2009/03092009tuberculosis.htm

Seasonal Influenza

Influenza Virus Vaccine 2009-2010 Season - FDA - March 9
FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) met on February 18, 2009, to select the influenza virus strains for the composition of the influenza vaccine for use in the 2009-2010 U.S. influenza season. During this meeting, the advisory panel reviewed and evaluated the surveillance data related to epidemiology and antigenic characteristics, serological responses to 2008/2009 vaccines, and the availability of candidate strains and reagents.
http://www.fda.gov/cber/flu/flu2009.htm

Seasonal Influenza Weekly Report: Influenza Summary Update - CDC - March 13
During week 9 (March 1-7, 2009), influenza activity in the United States remained high, but is at approximately the same level as in the previous week.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/

Weekly US Map - CDC- March 13
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm

Travelers' Health

Outbreak Notice - Meningococcal Disease in India - CDC - March 10
Meningococcal disease (commonly referred to as meningitis or epidemic meningitis) is a serious, sometimes fatal bacterial infection that occurs worldwide. Since January 2009, local health officials in India have reported 230 deaths and 2,000 possible cases of meningitis in the northeastern states of Tripura, Meghalaya, and Mizoram. These states are in the part of India bordered by Bangladesh to the west and Myanmar (Burma) to the east.
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentMeningococcalIndia.aspx

Simian Malaria Can Jump to Humans; May Cause Misdiagnosis  - CDC - March 12
Travelers to forested areas of Southeast Asia and South America have gotten malaria caused by a malaria parasite species—Plasmodium knowlesi—normally found only in monkeys. This species can cause severe illness and death in people, but under the microscope, the parasite looks similar to a more benign human malaria species. Physicians should take special care in diagnosis and treatment.
http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/features/simian_misdiagnosis.html



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