Tag: pandemic
CDC Update on A(H5N6) Bird Flu: How is the U.S. CDC Monitoring A(H5N6) Infections and Contributing to Global Pandemic Preparedness?
November 1, 2021— Ongoing global monitoring for respiratory viruses with pandemic potential has recently identified three new human infections with…
Ten Ways Healthcare Systems Can Operate Effectively during the COVID-19 Pandemic
How can healthcare personnel best protect themselves, patients, and their communities? Find out here. Source link
Using Telehealth to Expand Access to Essential Health Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Purpose of this Guidance To describe the landscape of telehealth services and provide considerations for healthcare systems, practices, and providers…
Staying Safe in Emergency Shelters During COVID-19 Pandemic in Low Resource, Non-U.S. Settings
Provides suggestions to assist disaster response shelter management and staff in taking appropriate actions for reducing the possibility of COVID-19…
Changing Paths During the Pandemic
CDC’s NHANES team provided the Washington, DC, Department of Forensic Sciences with its mobile examination center for COVID-19 testing. Photo…
Operational Considerations for Maintaining Essential Services and Providing Prevention, Care, and Treatment for Tuberculosis (TB) in Low-Resource non-US Settings During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Introduction Despite being preventable and curable, tuberculosis (TB) remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease, taking the lives of 1.5 million…
What Workers Need to Know about Heat Stress Prevention during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Your employer may tailor the existing heat illness prevention program and policies to the unique challenges of working during the…
Employer Information for Heat Stress Prevention during the COVID-19 Pandemic
More info about Heat Stress Existing heat illness prevention programs and policies can be tailored to the unique challenges of…
Open Burning during the COVID-19 Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. federal, state, territorial, local, and tribal jurisdictions should consider the following about open (“backyard”) burning:…
COVID-19 Pandemic Complicates Other Disasters
U.S. Public Health Service Capt. Troy Ritter examines a damaged mobile home outside Lake Charles, Louisiana, where Hurricane Laura struck…
