COVID-19 – Updates

Due to extensive community transmission of COVID -19 in the area, CDC urges residents of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to refrain from non-essential domestic travel for 14 days effective immediately.

Today, Apple Inc. – in partnership with the White House Coronavirus Task Force and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – released an app and website that guides Americans through a series of questions about their health and exposure to determine if they should seek care for COVID-19 symptoms.

CDC Statement on Self-Quarantine Guidance for Greater New York City Transportation and Delivery Workers

One in 54 8-year-old children have been identified with autismording to an analysis of 2016 data published today in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Surveillance Summary.

Today, a new round of straightforward ads kicks off the ninth year of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) <em>Tips From Former Smokers</em> (<em>Tips</em>) campaign. Since 2012, the <em>Tips</em> campaign has profiled real people who are living with serious long-term health effects due to smoking cigarettes and secondhand smoke exposure.

CDC works 24/7 saving lives, protecting people from health threats, and saving money to have a more secure nation. A US federal agency, CDC helps make the healthy choice the easy choice by putting science and prevention into action. CDC works to help people live longer, healthier and more productive lives.

Today, a new round of straightforward ads kicks off the ninth year of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) <em>Tips From Former Smokers</em> (<em>Tips</em>) campaign.

<span>In healthcare settings all across the United States, donated blood is a lifesaving, essential part of caring for patients. The need for donated blood is constant, and blood centers are open and in urgent need of donations. CDC encourages people who are well to continue to donate blood if they are able, even if they are practicing social distancing because of COVID-19. CDC is supporting blood centers by providing recommendations that will keep donors and staff safe. Examples of these recommendations include spacing donor chairs 6 feet apart, thoroughly adhering to environmental cleaning practices, and encouraging donors to make donation appointments ahead of time.</span>

A CDC food safety alert regarding a multistate outbreak of <em>E. coli </em>O103 infections has been posted: <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2020/o103h2-02-20/index.html">https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2020/o103h2-02-20/index.html</a>

Overall overdose death rates decreased by 4.1% from 2017 to 2018 in the United States. New CDC data show death rates involving heroin decreased by 4%, and prescription opioid-involved overdose death rates decreased by 13.5%.