The Alameda County Public Health Department sends out Health Alerts, Advisories, and Updates regarding communicable disease outbreaks, immunization updates, and other public health concerns to Alameda County clinicians and other partners. See recent releases below.
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Health Alerts
| ALERT | conveys the highest level of importance; warrants immediate action or attention. |
| ADVISORY | provides important information for a specific incident or situation; may not require immediate action. |
| UPDATE | provides updated information regarding an incident or situation; unlikely to require immediate action. |
October 05, 2011 |
Alert |
Healthcare Providers: Mumps Health Alert Alameda County has 4 confirmed and 3 probable cases of Mumps that are epidemiologically linked. Individuals are at increased risk for mumps if they are unvaccinated. Mumps should be considered in the differential diagnosis even in fully immunized individuals. |
August 18, 2011 |
Advisory |
Pediatric Health Providers: Fatal Vaccine-Preventable Pneumococcal Disease Immunize all children younger than 5 years of age who have not yet received 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. |
May 20, 2011 |
Advisory |
FDA Warns Not to Feed SimplyThick to Premature Infants Do not feed the thickening product called SimplyThick to infants born before 37 weeks because it may cause a life-threatening condition. |
May 03, 2011 |
Advisory |
Measles Since January 2011, 11 cases of measles have been reported in California. A nationwide increase in the numbers of reported measles cases has also been noted this year. As in recent years, nearly all of the cases are known to have involved recent travel to Europe or Asia, or contact with international travelers (including via transit through U.S. international airports). Some of the cases have been intentionally unvaccinated children. |
May 19, 2010 |
Alert |
Mercury Poisoning Linked to Face Cream The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a Health Alert May 19, 2010 notifying persons who may be using unlabeled, nonprescription face creams from Mexico for the purpose of skin lightening, fading freckles and age spots, and preventing acne that these products contain very high levels of mercury, are harmful to your health, and should not be used. |
February 23, 2010 |
Alert |
Measles Health Alert Four cases of measles have been diagnosed in the San Francisco Bay Area in the past two weeks. Two cases occurred in two unvaccinated toddlers who traveled to Europe and Asia; one case in an older adult who traveled to Europe; and the fourth case was an unvaccinated adult with no travel history. |
July 23, 2009 |
Alert |
Novel H1N1 Flu |
July 20, 2009 |
Alert |
Novel H1N1 Flu |
September 20, 2008 |
Update |
Rabies Vaccine Supply Shortage |
August 29, 2008 |
Update |
Rabies Vaccine Supply Shortage |
August 26, 2008 |
Alert |
Rabies Vaccine Supply Shortage The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has strongly recommended that health care providers, state and local health authorities, and animal control officials take immediate steps to ensure the appropriate use of human rabies vaccine due to a national rabies vaccine shortage. |
July 10, 2008 |
Advisory |
Heat Advisory The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the San Francisco Bay Area that remains in effect until 8 p.m. Friday, July 11. |