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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Advisory
| ADVISORY: | provides important information for a specific incident or situation; may not require immediate action. |
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. |
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. |
July 08, 2008 |
Advisory |
Health Advisory, Red Flag Warning, Spare the Air The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the San Francisco Bay Area and a red flag warning for the North and East Bay hills that remain in effect noon today, July 8, until 5 p.m. Thursday, July 10. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has a spare the air notice for the same period. |
June 20, 2008 |
Advisory |
Air Quality Health Advisory Bay Area Air Quality Management District Issues Health Advisory |
May 16, 2008 |
Advisory |
Heat Advisory The National Weather Service's heat advisory for the San Francisco Bay Area remains in effect noon to 8 p.m. today, May 16. |