Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Email Updates for September 9, 2013

Cleaning and sanitizing your home after a hurricane or emergency is important to help prevent the spread of illness and disease.

The eradication of polio is an important priority for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). We are closer than ever to eradicating polio and it is critical that we take advantage of this opportunity.

Have a battery-powered or hand-cranked radio available to receive official instructions and updates from local authorities if the power goes out.

Recurrent Nationwide Shortage of Tuberculin Skin Test Antigen Solutions: CDC Recommendations for Patient Care and Public Health Practice

This notice updates and supersedes the advice in HAN 345 and advises public health officials, clinicians, and workers in occupational health and infection control about how to adapt testing protocols to the recurrent shortage.

Updated information related to CDC's participation in the 2013 Multistate Cyclosporiasis Outbreak Investigation.

After Hurricane Katrina, the National Medical Disaster System was activated for the first time. Evacuees were sent from the Gulf Coast to Dobbins Air Reserve Base via military transport.

Some kinds of foods are better than others for emergency food supplies. Learn more about what to put in your emergency food supply.

Updated information related to CDC's participation in the 2013 Multistate Cyclosporiasis Outbreak Investigation.

The eradication of polio is an important priority for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). We are closer than ever to eradicating polio and it is critical that we take advantage of this opportunity.

Added select information in Spanish from 2013 Cyclosporiasis Investigation (Investigacion de un brote de ciclosporosis en los Estados Unidos)

Make plans in advance to secure your home. Protect your windows by installing hurricane shutters or board up windows with plywood.

Updated information related to CDC's participation in the 2013 Multistate Cyclosporiasis Outbreak Investigation.

Updated information related to CDC's participation in the 2013 Multistate Cyclosporiasis Outbreak Investigation.

Get involved and help make your community more disaster resilient!

Keep at least a three-day water supply on hand for emergencies. If you're not using factory-sealed water containers, properly wash, sanitize, and rinse water storage containers before a disaster strikes.

Updated information related to CDC's participation in the 2013 Multistate Cyclosporiasis Outbreak Investigation.

Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Email Updates for August 26, 2013

Investigational Drug Available Directly from CDC for the Treatment of Free-Living Ameba Infections