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Enhanced Surveillance of Heat-Related Illness in Pinal County
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Extreme heat is a major cause of weather-related morbidity and mortality in the United States (US).1 HRI is the most frequent cause of environmental exposure-related injury treated in US emergency departments.2 More than 65,000 emergency room visits… read more -
Using Drug Overdose Syndromic Surveillance Data to Impact Local Public Health Action
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Since 2008, drug overdose deaths exceeded the number of motor vehicle traffic-related deaths in Indiana and the gap continues to widen1. As the opioid crisis rages on in the United States the federal government is providing funding opportunities to… read more -
Temporal Patterns in Chlamydia Repeat Testing and Positivity Rates in Massachusetts
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Sexually transmitted disease treatment guidelines have incrementally added repeat testing recommendations for Chlamydia trachomatis infections over time, including test-of-cure 3 to 4 weeks following completion of treatment for pregnant women and… read more -
Arizona Sonora Binational Cases: five years of surveillance
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Infectious diseases can spread across borders. The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) collects information on binational infectious disease cases and shares it with Mexico. Infectious disease investigation in Arizona is enhanced by using… read more -
Evaluation Activities from the National Syndromic Surveillance Program
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Syndromic surveillance uses near-real-time Emergency Department healthcare and other data to improve situational awareness and inform activities implemented in response to public health concerns. The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) is… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance – Reports of Successes from the Field
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Syndromic surveillance uses near-real-time emergency department and other health care data for enhancing public health situational awareness and informing public health activities. In recent years, continued progress has been made in developing and… read more -
Monitoring Trends of Self-diagnosis in New York City Emergency Departments
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The number of US adults who use the internet to access health information has increased from about 95 million in 2005 to 220 million in 2014. The public health impact of this trend is unknown; in theory, patients may be able to better help the… read more -
New Ways to Disseminate the US National Notifiable Disease Provisional Data
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The NNDSS is a nationwide collaboration that enables all levels of public health (local, state, territorial, federal and international) to monitor, control, and prevent the occurrence and spread of state-reportable and nationally notifiable diseases… read more