LAC DPH Health Advisory: New Cases of Hepatitis A Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness and/or Using Illicit Drugs December 6, 2018 This message is intended for infectious disease, primary care, emergency medicine, urgent care, emergency medical services, and health care ... Read More
Provider Webinar on Public Charge December 5, 2018 You're Invited! Provider Webinar on Public Charge Learn how proposed changes to the Public Charge rule may impact your patients Friday, December ... Read More
LAC DPH Health Advisory: Measles Outbreaks in Israel, New York City and Surrounding Areas November 29, 2018 This message is intended for primary care, urgent care, emergency, pediatric, internal medicine, infectious disease, and laboratory providers. Please ... Read More
Diagnosis and Management of Influenza November 21, 2018 The following article was modified from the original. To see the full article, including citations, view it here in the November/December ... Read More
CMA Applauds the Enactment of Federal Opioid Legislation October 29, 2018 The California Medical Association (CMA) applauded the enactment of H.R. 6 – a sweeping bipartisan bill that addresses nearly ... Read More
National Increase in Reports of Suspected Acute Flaccid Myelitis Cases October 25, 2018 The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a health advisory yesterday requesting continued vigilance for case recognition and ... Read More
First West Nile Virus Death Reported in LA County October 17, 2018 The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed the first death due to West Nile ... Read More
Report Released: Recent Trends in Adult Use of Marijuana October 11, 2018 The following article was modified from the original. To see the full article, including citations and to receive free ... Read More
LAC DPH Health Alert: Outbreak of Flea-Borne Typhus in Downtown Los Angeles October 10, 2018 This message is intended for internal medicine, infectious disease, family medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, and urgent care providers. Please ... Read More
LAC DPH Health Advisory: Human Case of St. Louis Encephalitis in Los Angeles County October 5, 2018 This message is intended for internal medicine, infectious disease, neurology, family medicine, emergency, and urgent care providers. Please distribute ... Read More
Preventing Influenza in Los Angeles County: Time to Start Vaccinating September 28, 2018 To see the full article, including citations, view it here in the September/October 2018 issue of Rx for Prevention, the Los ... Read More
Public Health Aims to Eliminate Congenital Syphilis in Five Years September 26, 2018 The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its annual Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Surveillance Report that ... Read More