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Kitsap Respiratory Illness Report: Week 17 (4/20/2025 – 4/26/2025)
In week ending April 26, local indicators for influenza were low and continued to approach baseline levels, while indicators for COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) remained minimal. Other Puget Sound counties observed similar trends. Regional laboratory surveillance most frequently detected rhinovirus among clinical respiratory specimens, followed by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). Fewer than 10 emergency department (ED) visits were attributable to…
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Health Advisory: Recommendations for Adenovirus Testing and Reporting of Children with Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Etiology
Advisory or Update, Emerging Diseases and Conditions, Health Advisory, Health Alert, Hepatitis, News and Alerts, News and UpdateDear Kitsap healthcare colleagues, Please see below for an important CDC Health Advisory on Recommendations for Adenovirus Testing and Reporting of Children with Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Etiology. The Kitsap Public Health District and Washington State Department of Health (DOH) request that healthcare partners report suspected cases to the Kitsap Public Health District 24/7 by…
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Kitsap Respiratory Illness Report: April 10 – April 16, 2022
Click here to access the latest Kitsap Respiratory Illness Report: April 10 – April 16, 2022
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Kitsap Respiratory Illness Report: April 3 – April 9, 2022
Click here to access the latest Kitsap Respiratory Illness Report: April 3 – April 9, 2022
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Health Advisory: Opioid Updates for Providers
Actions Requested Be aware of an increase in drug overdose mortality – preliminary statewide 2021 data include 2,044 deaths compared to 1,731 in 2020 and approximately 1,200 in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Seventy-one percent of the 2,044 confirmed overdose deaths in 2021 involved an opioid. Preliminary local 2021 data include 41 drug overdose deaths among…
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04/08/22 Health Advisory: COVID-19 Information for Providers
Advisory or Update, Communicable Disease and Immunization Update, COVID-19, Health Advisory, News and Alerts, Notifiable Conditions, Provider ResourcesRequested actions Be aware, on March 29, 2022, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended its emergency use authorization (EUA) for Moderna COVID-19 booster dose vaccine. A new multi-dose vial is now available. It has a dark blue cap and a label with a purple border. Doses from this vial are 0.5 mL. Multi-dose vials are…
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Kitsap Respiratory Illness Report: March 27 – April 2, 2022
Click here to access the latest Kitsap Respiratory Illness Report: March 27 – April 2, 2022
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Kitsap Respiratory Illness Report: March 20 – March 26, 2022
Click here to access the latest Kitsap Respiratory Illness Report: 3.20.22 – 3.26.22
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Health Advisory: COVID-19 Updates for Providers
Advisory or Update, Communicable Disease and Immunization Update, COVID-19, Emerging Diseases and Conditions, Health Advisory, Health Alert, Immunizations, News and Alerts, Notifiable Conditions, Novel Coronavirus, Provider Resources, Vaccine**4/4/2022: Updated to include new vaccine booster information. See red text below for update.** Actions Requested Be aware, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup have endorsed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emergency use authorization of a second booster dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech (Pfizer) or…
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03/30/22 Health Advisory: CDC endorses second booster dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for certain groups
Advisory or Update, Communicable Disease and Immunization Update, Health Advisory, News and Alerts, Notifiable Conditions, Provider ResourcesRequested actions Be aware, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup endorsed Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) emergency use authorization (EUA) of a second booster dose of Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for specific groups. The EUA allows: A second booster dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at least…
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Kitsap Respiratory Illness Report: March 13 – March 19, 2022
Click here to access the latest Kitsap Respiratory Illness Report: 3.13.22 – 3.19.22
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Kitsap Respiratory Illness Report: March 6 – March 12, 2022
Click here to access the latest Kitsap Respiratory Illness Report: 3.6.22 – 3.12.22
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Kitsap Respiratory Illness Report: February 27 – March 5, 2022
Click here to access the latest Kitsap Respiratory Illness Report: 2.27.22 – 3.5.22