Update: Foodborne Botulism Associated with Canned Chili Sauce CDC Health Update: July 19, 2007
This product is being removed from sale sources in RI by the Department of Health Office of Food Protection.

Corrected: Investigation of U.S. Traveler with Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB) CDC Health Update: May 29, 2007

Date: 4.16.07
To: All Rhode Island licensed physicians
Re: UPDATE Virulent Clostridium difficile (NAP1 or ribotype 027)
PFGE NAP1 has been confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on a specimen from a RI resident.

Virulent Clostridium difficile (NAP1 or ribotype 027): An emerging pathogen February 28, 2007

School Nurse Teacher Update: Pneumonia Surveillance Logs January 31, 2007

Health Advisory to Kent County Health Care Providers GI Illness at Harold Scott Elementary School, Warwick January 23, 2007

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Infection Control and Mycoplasma Pneumonia January 9, 2007, 4 p.m.

Health Care Provider Update: Investigation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae 8:30PM January 4, 2007

Healthcare Provider Update: Expanded Investigation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae 4PM January 3, 2007

Provider/Facility Recommendations: Expanded Investigation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae 6PM January 2, 2007

Provider/Facility Recommendations: Expanded Investigation of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae January 1, 2007

Physician Information: Mycoplasma Related Illnesses Cluster at Greenwood Elementary, Warwick December 30, 2006

Corrected: Multistate Outbreak of E. coli 0157 Infections, November-December 2006 HAN update: December 14, 2006

Polio Identified in a Somali Child in a Refugee Camp in Kenya October 16, 2006

Pertussis Update October 10, 2006

Foodborne Botulism toxin Type A associated with bottled carrot juice - Florida and Georgia HAN update, September 29, 2006

Outbreak of Botulinum toxin Type A associated with bottled carrot juice HAN Advisory: September 18, 2006

Multiple States Investigating a Large Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Infections HAN Alert: September 14, 2006

Horse stabled at Tennessee Walking Horse 2006 National Celebration Tested Positive for Rabies HAN Alert: September 9, 2006

Vibrio vulnificus August 4, 2006

Multi state Investigation of Potential Rabies Exposure at a Summer Camp August 3, 2006

Information from CDC about the European measles outbreak at the World Cup June 22, 2006

HEALTH ADVISORY to LICENSED CLINICAL PROVIDERS -2006 Season (June-October) Reminder May 31, 2006

HEALTH ADVISORY to LICENSED CLINICAL LABORATORIES - 2006 Season (June-October) Reminder May 31, 2006

Multi-state Mumps Outbreak CDC Health Advisory April 14, 2006

Mumps Outbreak 2006 April 13, 2006

Fusarium Keratitis among Contact Lens Users April 11, 2006

MMWR Publishes Report on the Current Mumps Epidemic in Iowa

HEALTH Investigating Cluster of Gastrointestinal Illness Media Release: April 3, 2006

CDC Announces Change in Recommendations for use of Antivirals; Clinicians Should Not Prescribe Two Common Antivirals January 14, 2006

CDC Recommends against the Use of Amantadine and Rimandatine for the Treatment or Prophylaxis of Influenza in the United States during the 2005-06 Influenza Season CDC HAN Advisory January 14, 2006

New CDC Recommendations for Antimicrobial Agents Used for Pertussis Treatment and Postexposure Prophylaxis December 19, 2005

Presence of low levels of Francisella tularensis in the Washington D.C. area September 30, 2005

WNV Alert for School Nurse Teachers and School Nurses September 28, 2005

Pertussis Alert September 7, 2005

Community Acquired MRSA June 7, 2005

Health Advisory: Avian Influenza (H5N1) May 11, 2005

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