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Latest News from CDC Health Alert Network
- Severe Vibrio vulnificus Infections in the United States Associated with Warming Coastal Waters - Health Alert Network (HAN) No. 497
- Important Updates on Locally Acquired Malaria Cases Identified in Florida, Texas, and Maryland - Health Alert Network (HAN) No. 496
- cWildfire Smoke Exposure Poses Threat to At-Risk Populations - Health Alert Network (HAN) No. 495
- Locally Acquired Malaria Cases Identified in the United States - Health Alert Network (HAN) No. 494
- Guidance on Measles during the Summer Travel Season - Health Alert Network (HAN) No. 493
- Important Updates on Outbreak of Fungal Meningitis in U.S. Patients Who Underwent Surgical Procedures under Epidural Anesthesia in Matamoros, Mexico - Health Alert Network (HAN) No. 492
- Outbreak of Suspected Fungal Meningitis in U.S. Patients who Underwent Surgical Procedures under Epidural Anesthesia in Matamoros, Mexico - Health Alert Network (HAN) No. 491
- Potential Risk for New Mpox Cases - Health Alert Network (HAN) No. 490
- Marburg Virus Disease Outbreaks in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania - Health Alert Network (HAN) No. 489
- Measles Exposure at a Large Gathering in Kentucky, February 2023 and Global Measles Outbreaks - Health Alert Network (HAN) No. 488
HHD publications on PubMed
- Increasing COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Uptake in the Take Care Texas Community-Based Randomized Trial: Adaptive Geospatial Analysis
- Sexual behavior stigma among cisgender gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in nine NHBS cities across the United States: Burden and associations with PrEP continuum and HIV care continuum outcomes
- Designing a blockchain technology platform for enhancing the pre-exposure prophylaxis care continuum
- Multiplexed Detection, Partitioning, and Persistence of Wild-Type and Vaccine Strains of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Viruses in Wastewater
- Implementing an Alert System for Communicating Actionable Wastewater Surveillance Results to School Communities, Houston, Texas, 2023-2024
- Assessment of Public Health Agency and Utility Training Needs for CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System Jurisdictions in the United States
- Latent classification model for censored longitudinal binary outcome
- Disparities in Survival Outcomes Among Patients With Metastatic Melanoma in Texas: Implications for Policy and Interventions in the Era of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
- A Novel Framework for Internal Responses to Detection of Pathogens in Wastewater by Public Health Agencies
- Analyzing Trends in Mental and Behavioral Health Support for Children: A Comprehensive Study Using National Survey of Children's Health Database
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