Your Local Epidemiologist

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The trend seems to be tracking exactly with the 2019-2020 respiratory season. Number of norovirus outbreak investigations by CDC. I’ve started wearing my mask while traveling. ILI Levels, by year. Source: CDC ; Annotated by YLE ILI has lit up in the West and South. The Midwest is still pretty quiet.

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HEALTHBEAT

OCTOBER 16, 2024

There was a major measles outbreak in New York City in 2019 : 605 cases in a community with low vaccination coverage (79.5%), leading to 20 kiddos going to the intensive-care unit. Shortly after, New York passed a law that made us the fifth U.S.

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HEALTHBEAT

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons, flu hospitalizations peaked in March and February, respectively.) She holds a PhD in epidemiology and has led multiple outbreak investigations, including at the California Department of Public Health and as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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HEALTHBEAT

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In 2019, New York passed a law requiring all pregnancy-associated deaths to be thoroughly reviewed. She holds a PhD in epidemiology and has led multiple outbreak investigations, including at the California Department of Public Health and as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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