Past Updates from the Clinician Registry Listserv
Update Sent July 28, 2008
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Food Safety
Update: Investigation of Outbreak of Infections Caused by Salmonella Saintpaul - CDC - July 25
An FDA laboratory detected Salmonella Saintpaul with the outbreak strain fingerprint pattern in a sample of jalapeño pepper obtained from a distribution center in McAllen, Texas. The distributor is working with FDA to recall the contaminated product in the United States. The peppers were grown in Mexico; investigators are working to determine where they were contaminated. Since April, 1294 persons infected with Salmonella Saintpaul with the same genetic fingerprint have been identified in 43 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada.
http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/saintpaul/
U.S. Grown Jalapeño and Serrano Peppers Not Connected to Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak - FDA - July 25
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers that jalapeño and Serrano peppers grown in the United States are not connected with the current Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak. However, the FDA continues to advise consumers to avoid raw jalapeño peppers--and the food that contains them--if they have been grown, harvested or packed in Mexico. In addition to domestically grown raw jalapeño peppers, commercially canned, pickled and cooked jalapeño peppers from any and all geographic locations also are not connected with the current Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak.
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01865.html
Agricola Zaragoza, Inc. Recalls Jalapeno Peppers Because of Possible Health Risk - FDA - July 21
http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/agricola_zaragoza07_08.html
Pandemic Influenza
Guidance on Allocating and Targeting Pandemic Influenza Vaccine - HHS/DHS - July 23
The U.S. Government is working to expand domestic influenza vaccine production capacity to be able to produce pandemic influenza vaccines for the entire population within six months of a pandemic declaration. However, at the beginning of a pandemic, the scarcity of pre-pandemic and pandemic influenza vaccine will require that the limited supply be allocated or prioritized for distribution and administration. The government has developed this document, which provides strong guidance to states, territories, and tribes for the allocation of limited supplies of vaccine, and describes the scientific and ethical framework for how this guidance was developed.
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/vaccine/vacresearch.html
Direct link to PDF of Guidance on Allocating and Targeting Pandemic Influenza Vaccine:
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/vaccine/allocationguidance.pdf
Emergency Communications
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Clearinghouse - FCC - July 25
This clearinghouse has been established for the collection, evaluation and dissemination of public safety communications information. Documents may be retrieved from the Clearinghouse according to target group or subject area or by a list of document types.
http://www.fcc.gov/pshs/clearinghouse/index.html
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus Update - United States, January 1-July 22, 2008 - CDC - MMWR Weekly - July 25
This report summarizes 2008 West Nile virus (WNV) surveillance data reported to CDC through ArboNET as of 3 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time, July 22, 2008. A total of 14 states have reported 43 cases of human WNV illness to CDC. A total of 26 (54%) cases for which such data were available occurred in males; median age of patients was 46 years (range: 12--80 years). Dates of illness onset ranged from January 17 to July 10; none of the cases were fatal.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5729a4.htm
Funding Opportunity
New CDC Grant Program Extends Health Resources to Residents and other Community Members Affected by 9/11 Attack - CDC Press Release - July 24
The CDC announced it is seeking proposals to provide access to health screenings, diagnostic services, and treatment for residents, students and other “non-emergency responders” impacted by the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center disaster. Under this grant program, the CDC expects to award up to $30 million over the next three years to help people whose health was, or may have been, adversely impacted by the World Trade Center attack, particularly by the dust and debris.
http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080724.htm
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