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  • Unplanned School Closures in the United States: Evaluation of Economic and Social Costs and Consequences for Students’ Families

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends implementing early targeted school closures as one of the front-line interventions to slow progression of a severe influenza pandemic before appropriate vaccine becomes available.… read more
    … can inform updates to CDC’s pandemic preparedness guidance. 7 views Submitted by teresa.hamby@d… on Mon, … can inform updates to CDC’s pandemic preparedness guidance. …
  • Adverse Drug Events: Insights From Google Search Volume

    Content Type: Abstract

    Adverse drug events (ADEs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. However, post-marketing surveillance systems are passive and reporting is generally not mandated. Thus, many ADEs go unreported, and it is difficult to estimate and/or… read more
    … side effects are more difficult to characterize and document. Drugs with a high risk of harm outweighing the … detection and characterization of adverse drug events. Document … side effects are more difficult to characterize and document. Drugs with a high risk of harm outweighing the …
  • Relationship between Clinical Screening Tools, Syndromic Surveillance, and Influenza-Positive Patients

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2003, with the advent of SARS, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) released a document mandating the use of a clinical screening tool to detect patients at high risk for having a febrile respiratory illness (FRI), defined… read more
    … Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) released a document mandating the use of a clinical screening tool to … would be a more effective screening tool than FRI. Document … Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) released a document mandating the use of a clinical screening tool to …
  • CDC Opioid v2

    Content Type: Syndrome

    THE KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE CDC OPIOID V3 - THE UPDATED SYNDROME DEFINITION CAN BE FOUND HERE. States currently funded by… read more
    … using lessons learned from ESOOS states and researching guidance documents from other sources including NCHS, CSTE, … CDC avivolo@cdc.gov Document CDC Opioid Definition v2.docx 9 views Submitted by … using lessons learned from ESOOS states and researching guidance documents from other sources including NCHS, CSTE, …
  • Survey: Medical Marijuana Programs

    Content Type: References

    This resource, developed by the Network for Public Health Law and released on July 17, 2017, provides a brief overview of jurisdictions with statutory and regulatory provisions legalizing medical marijuana use. The survey compiles key… read more
    … epilepsy disorders. For more information about the document, go to  … epilepsy disorders. For more information about the document, go to  …
  • Acute Hepatitis A Infection and Vaccination in the Veterans Health Administration

    Content Type: Abstract

    Since hepatitis A vaccination became widely recommended in the US in the mid-1990's, rates of acute hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection have steadily declined, however, since 2011, incidence of new cases of HAV appears to be increasing1, often linked… read more
    … Alert Network Advisory in June 2018 with additional guidance on identification and prevention of HAV and updates … Alert Network Advisory in June 2018 with additional guidance on identification and prevention of HAV and updates …
  • Interacting with Web Data using R: Web APIs and Web Scraping (including RSelenium)

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented April 22, 2019. Scientists who use data to gain insight for their operational or research interests often need to extract data from web pages or APIs from time to time. While this process can be completed manually, it can take orders of… read more
    … for learning how to navigate a website’s structure (document object model, DOM) using CSS and Xpath will be … for learning how to navigate a website’s structure (document object model, DOM) using CSS and Xpath will be …
  • What Happens in Vegas, Doesn’t Stay in Vegas: Traveling Waves of Influenza in the US Elderly Population, 1991-2004

    Content Type: Abstract

    Influenza is a significant public health problems in the US leading to over one million hospitalizations in the elderly population (age 65 and over) annually. While influenza preparedness is an important public health issue, previous… read more
    … in the elderly population. These findings fail to document the intricacies of each unique influenza season, … for susceptible populations such as the elderly. Document … in the elderly population.2 These findings fail to document the intricacies of each unique influenza season, …