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2002 Epidemiological Updates
Archived Editions
12/31/02
  1. Merlin Evaluation
  2. Special Broadcasts:  Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Disease
  3. Statewide Epidemiology Seminar Postponed
  4. Federal Register Policy Changes:  Standing Orders and Medicare
12/16/02
  1. Governor and Secretary of Health Commend President Bush's Decision to Vaccinate Volunteer Response Teams Against Smallpox
  2. Two West Nile Virus Related Deaths Confirmed in Marion and Sarasota Counties
  3. Outbreaks of Norovirus Gastroenteritis on Cruise
12/04/02 The New and Improved Epi-Update
11/01/02
  1. Norwalk-like Virus Outbreak in an Elementary School
  2. Influenza Surveillance Update
  3. FDA Issues Import Alert on Cantaloupes from Mexico
  4. Weekly Disease Table
10/15/02

  1. Merlin and Electronic Laboratory Reporting

  2. The Diagnosis and Control of Hepatitis A

  3. Statewide Epidemiology Seminar
  4. Training Opportunity: Regional Epidemiology Seminar
10/04/02
  1. Regional Epidemiology Seminar-Bay County Health Department
  2. Arboviral Activity Summary through the Week Ending September 30, 2002
  3. Community Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Associated With Skin Abscesses

  4. Traces of West Nile Virus Found in Breast Milk
09/25/02
  1. Joint Statement of Attorney General John Ashcroft and Homeland Security Adviser Tom Ridge
  2. Talking Points for State and Locals
09/20/02
  1. Division of Disease Control Collaboration Brings New Extended Data Screens To Merlin For Vaccine-Preventable Diseases-Paper Forms Eliminated
  2. The County Health Department Quarterly Performance Report and the Merlin Reporting System
  3. Announcement: Regional Epidemiology Seminar to be held November 14th & 15th, 2002 in Panama City, Florida
  4. Bureau of Epidemiology Grand Rounds
  5. Annual Statewide Epidemiology Seminar (ASES)
09/10/02 SPECIAL ISSUE

  1. MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUS UPDATE: Three Additional Human West Nile Virus Cases Reported
09/05/02 SPECIAL ISSUE

  1. Second Florida Transplant Recipient Tests Positive for West Nile Virus Infection

  2. Mosquito-Borne Illnesses: Updated September 5, 2002
09/04/02 SPECIAL ISSUE
  1. CDC Investigation Continues West Nile Virus Possible Transmission Through Organ Transplant
08/23/02 SPECIAL ISSUE
  1. Influenza Surveillance

  2. Summary report: Influenza activity in Florida, 2001-2002 season.
08/23/02
  1. Global White Paper Initiative on Bacterial Resistance in Community-Acquired Respiratory Tract Infections (RTIs)
  2. Merlin and Electronic Lab Reporting Conference Calls
  3. Announcement: Regional Epidemiology Seminar to be held November 14th & 15th, 2002 in Panama City, Florida
  4. Tentative Dates: Annual Statewide Epidemiology Seminar (ASES)
  5. Bioterrorism Allocation Q and A
08/09/02
  1. Medical Alert Issued for Escambia and Volusia Counties
  2. Salmonella group C2 Outbreak in a Restaurant- Gainesville, Florida
  3. Ministries of Health Database
  4. Case Report Form Requirements and Merlin

  5. Bioterrorism Considerations for Epidemiology and Surveillance
08/02/02
  1. Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis
  2. 2002 Travel Medicine Survey
  3. California CD Brief
  4. Immunization Update 2002 Satellite Teleconference
  5. Bureau of Epidemiology to Conduct "Strategy Sessions"
  6. Regional Epidemiology Seminar A Big Success
07/15/02
  1. Reporting Chronic Hepatitis B and Chronic Hepatitis C in Merlin
  2. Town Hall Meeting on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  3. Norwalk Virus Outbreak in a Hendry County Nursing Home, April 2002

  4. Announcement: Regional Epidemiology Seminar, July 18th – 19th 2002 in Sarasota, Florida
07/04/02

  1. Resource Allocation Plan for County Health Departments Public Health Preparedness and Response for Bioterrorism Surveillance and Epidemiology Capacity

  2. Training Opportunity: Regional Epidemiology Seminar
06/28/02
  1. PRESS RELEASE: Health Officials Report Meningitis in Gainesville,FL Resident
  2. Broward CHD Investigating One Case of Hepatitis A
  3. Arboviral Activity Summary through the Week Ending June 21, 2002
06/14/02

  1. Confirmed Case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Highlands County

  2. Major Changes For The Merlin System

  3. Announcement: Communicable Disease Epidemiology Regional Training to be Held July 18th – 19th 2002 in Sarasota, Florida
  4. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Surveillance Update
  5. Arboviral Activity Summary through the Week Ending June 14, 2002
05/31/02

  1. Official CDC Health Update

  2. Update Bioterrorism Authorization Legislation As Passed by the House and Sent to the Senate
  3. Arboviral Actvity Summary through the Week Ending May 24, 2002
05/17/02
  1. Lupus Hospitalizations in Northwest Orange County
  2. Nationwide Recall of Imported Cantaloupe
  3. Expert Consensus Statement for Hemorrhagic Fever
  4. State of Arthritis in Florida
  5. Weekly Disease Table (Week 19)
05/03/02
  1. Wiersma Presented Brachman Award
  2. Results From the DOH Employees Tobacco Survey
  3. Streptococcus pneumoniae and Fluoroquinolone Resistance
  4. Anthrax Consensus Statement (Link)
  5. Arboviral Activity Summary
  6. Influenza Surveillance Update
  7. Weekly Disease Table
04/19/02
  1. Press Release: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
  2. MRSA Outbreak in Podiatry Patients
  3. Norwalk Virus Outbreak in Pasco County
  4. Weekly Disease Table
04/04/02
  1. National Infant Immunization Week
  2. Promotion of Judicious Antibiotic Use in Children
  3. National Public Health Week
  4. Influenza Virus Surveillance Summary Update
  5. Weekly Disease Table
03/28/02
  1. Welcome Aboard Florida EIS Class of 2002!
  2. Department of Health Enhances Surveillance for Dengue Fever
  3. Florida Youth Survey Update
  4. A.G. Holley State Hospital Grand Rounds
  5. Influenza Virus Surveillance Summary Update
  6. Weekly Disease Table
03/14/02
  1. Racial Differences in Mortality among Patients Hospitalized for Meningococcal Disease
  2. Influenza Virus Surveillance Summary Update
  3. Schools of Public Health Web link
  4. Weekly Disease Table
03/08/02
  1. National Diabetes Alert Month
  2. Florida Public Health Association Regional Meeting
  3. Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
  4. Influenza Surveillance Report
  5. Weekly Disease Table
03/04/02
  1. Department of Health Commended for the Handling of the Anthrax Crises
  2. Rashes Among Schoolchildren — 14 StatesAnimal Rabies in Florida, 2001
  3. Florida Comprehensive Cancer Control Initiative
  4. Year 2000 Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Surveillance on Web
  5. Florida’s Perinatal Periods of Risk AnalysisInfluenza Surveillance Report
  6. West Nile Virus Update
  7. Weekly Disease Table
02/22/02
  1. First Animal Cases of WNV for 2002 Have Been Reported.
  2. Florida’s Response to Bioterrorism is Model for Other States
  3. Second Annual Florida Public Health Association Regional Meeting
  4. Association of Professionals in Infection Control Seminar
  5. Grand Rounds: "Influenza from a public health perspective"
  6. Department of Health Secretary Announces Establishment of Office of Public Health Preparedness
  7. Influenza Virus Surveillance Summary Update
  8. Weekly Disease Table
02/14/02
  1. Influenza Surveillance Report
  2. Immunization Update
  3. The Florida Quit-for-Life Line: A New Service to Help Reduce Adult Tobacco Use
  4. Department of Health to Request Free Potassium Iodide Pills from the Federal Government
  5. Second Annual Florida Public Health Association Regional Meeting
  6. Upcoming Satellite Conferences
  7. Weekly Disease Table
02/08/02
  1. Avian Influenza (H5N1) has been Confirmed in Hong Kong
  2. Influenza Virus Surveillance Summary
  3. FDA Approves License Supplements for Anthrax Vaccine
  4. New Merlin Features – Versions 1.31 and 1.32
  5. New Central Hotline for U.S. Poison Control Centers
  6. Weekly Disease Table (5)
02/01/02
  1. Influenza Virus Surveillance Summary Update
  2. HHS Announces $1.1 Billion in Funding to States for Bioterrorism Preparedness
  3. Women and Heart Disease Website
  4. AG Holley: Comprehensive Clinical TB Course March 4-8, 2002
  5. Weekly Disease Table
01/25/02
  1. Call for Applicants For: The Florida Epidemic Intelligence Service ( Florida EIS)
01/24/02
  1. CDC Releases New Bioterrorism Web Resources for Clinicians, Lab Professionals, and Public
  2. Validation of Meningococcal Disease Surveillance Data
  3. Minimizing Human Exposure to "Mad Cow Disease" Agent
  4. Influenza Virus Surveillance Summary Update
  5. Weekly Disease Table
01/18/02
  1. Creation of the Florida Epidemic Intelligence Service (Florida EIS)
  2. Notice: Smallpox Patient Evaluation Algorithm on DOH Website
  3. Merlin Now Accepting Childhood Lead Prevention Program Data
  4. January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month
  5. Influenza Virus and RSV Surveillance Summary Update
  6. Weekly Disease Table
01/11/02
  1. Dr. Bonita Sorensen New Deputy State Health Officer
  2. Grand Rounds Tuesday, January 29, 2002
  3. Merlin Basic Training Courses Offered in Tallahassee
  4. Investigation of Suspicious Illness in a Postal Inspector
  5. Influenza Virus and RSV Surveillance Summary Update
  6. Weekly Disease Table (01)
01/04/02
  1. 2001 Open Labs in Merlin
  2. Salmonella Outbreak Published in the Southern Medical Journal
  3. Medical Alert Lifted for West Nile Virus and EEE
  4. SLE, EEE, and WNV Disease Table (1980-2001)
  5. AG Holley Grand Rounds, January 9th, 2002
  6. Influenza Virus Surveillance Report
  7. Weekly Disease Table (52)

 
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