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Opioid Overdose Training for Providers

This interactive, web-based training features self-paced learning, case-based content, knowledge checks, and integrated resources to help healthcare providers gain a deeper understanding of the Guideline.

Outbreak of Lung Injury Associated with E-Cigarette Use, or Vaping

CDC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), state and local health departments, and other clinical and public health partners are investigating a multistate outbreak of lung injury associated with e-cigarette product use, or vaping.

Outdoor Air Pollution

The information found on this page of the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry focuses on how air pollution affects your health and provides links to related topics.

Ozone and Particulate Matter Standards

Provides access to plain English fact sheets and the complete text of the air quality standards for particulate matter and ozone rules.

Pandemic Influenza Resources

This page on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website provides resources for Pandemic Flu (including Pandemic Flu preparedness tools).

Parents: Talk to Your Teen Driver About Safe Driving

This is the Parents: Talk to Your Teen Driver About Safe Driving

Past Flu Seasons

Questions and Answers from past flu seasons.

Patient Safety Analysis Quick Reference Guides

People at High Risk For Flu Complications

This is the CDC page with information about People at High Risk For Flu Complications

People at High Risk of Developing Flu–Related Complications

Most people who get the flu will have mild illness, will not need medical care or antiviral drugs, and will recover in less than two weeks. Some people, however, are more likely to get flu complications that result in being hospitalized and occasionally result in death.

Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

This fact sheet on the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry answers the most frequently asked health questions about Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (what it is, health effects, and related information and resources).

Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Coordinators

This page is a resource center for the Center for Disease Control’s funded state, local, and territorial programs that focus on preventing Hepatitis B virus transmission from pregnant women to their newborns.

Persons Who Use Drugs

This web site provides materials and resources to assist researchers, policymakers, and clinical and program providers who work with persons who use drugs, their sex partners and families.

Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

Pertussis is known for uncontrollable, violent coughing which often makes it hard to breathe. After fits of many coughs, someone with pertussis often needs to take deep breaths which result in a “whooping” sound. Pertussis most commonly affects infants and young children and can be fatal, especially in babies less than 1 year of age.

Pertussis Clinical Complications

Pertussis clinical complications for infants, children, adolescents and adults.

Pertussis Clinical Details

Pertussis is an acute infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. In the 20th century, pertussis was one of the most common childhood diseases and a major cause of childhood mortality in the United States. Before the availability of pertussis vaccine in the 1940s, more than 200,000 cases of pertussis were reported annually. Since widespread use of the vaccine began, incidence has decreased more than 80% compared with the pre-vaccine era.

Pertussis Information

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is an acute infectious disease

Pertussis Surveillance & Reporting

Pertussis is nationally-notifiable and cases should be reported to the appropriate health department. Pertussis cases are reported by states to CDC through the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System. Although many pertussis cases are not diagnosed and therefore not reported, the surveillance system is useful for monitoring epidemiologic trends. The limitations of laboratory diagnostics make the clinical case definition essential to pertussis surveillance. It is important to determine duration of cough — specifically whether it lasts 14 days or longer — in order to determine if a person's illness meets the definition of a clinical case.

PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance

Emergency Department, Urgent Care, Inpatient and Ambulatory Care Settings Release 2.0 (April, 2015)

PHIN VADS

Public Health Information Network Vocabulary Access Distribution System (PHIN VADS) & Reportable Condition Mapping Table

Plague

Humans usually get plague after being bitten by a rodent flea that is carrying the plague bacterium or by handling an animal infected with plague.

Prediabetes Risk Test

By taking this test powered by the American Diabetes Association, you’ll learn how to make small changes, like altering your diet and exercising more, which can help reverse prediabetes and prevent type 2 diabetes.

Pregnancy and Flu Information

Changes to a pregnant woman’s immune system can make her more sensitive to the flu. This page on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site offers information and resources to protect baby and mother during flu season.

Pregnancy and Whooping Cough CDC

This page on the Centers for Disease Control website offers information about pregnancy and whooping cough (pertussis).

Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring System

The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System is a surveillance project of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health departments. We collect state-specific, population-based data on maternal attitudes and experiences before, during, and shortly after pregnancy. The system provides data not available from other sources. These data can be used to identify groups of women and infants at high risk for health problems, to monitor changes in health status, and to measure progress towards goals in improving the health of mothers and infants. The data are used by researchers to investigate emerging issues in the field of reproductive health and by state and local governments to plan and review programs and policies aimed at reducing health problems among mothers and babies.

Pregnant Women

This is the CDC page with information about Pregnant Women & Influenza (Flu)

Preparación para Emergencia para Niños

Lanzado en febrero de 2003, listo es un nacional servicio público diseñada para educar y empoderar a los estadounidenses a prepararse para y responder a las emergencias, incluyendo desastres naturales y provocados por el hombre de la campaña de publicidad. El objetivo de la campaña es involucrar al público y, en definitiva, aumentar el nivel de preparación básica en todo el país.

Press Briefing by White House COVID-⁠19 Response Team and Public Health Officials

Preventing Occupational Exposures to Lead and Noise at Indoor Firing Ranges

Employers and firing range operators should take steps to protect their workers and shooters from exposure to hazardous lead concentrations and noise levels at indoor firing ranges.

Prevention and Control of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Healthcare Settings

This is intended for use by infection prevention staff, physicians, healthcare epidemiologists, healthcare administrators, nurses, other healthcare providers, and persons responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating infection prevention and control programs for healthcare settings across the continuum of care. The guideline can also be used as a resource for societies or organizations that wish to develop more detailed implementation guidance for prevention and control of norovirus gastroenteritis outbreaks for specialized settings or populations.

Prevention Strategies for Seasonal Influenza in Healthcare Settings

Influenza is primarily a community-based infection that is transmitted in households and community settings. Each year, 5% to 20% of U.S. residents acquire an influenza virus infection, and many will seek medical care in ambulatory healthcare settings (e.g., pediatricians' offices, urgent-care clinics).

Private Drinking Water Well Consumer Information

If your family gets drinking water from a private well, do you know if your water is safe to drink? What health risks could you and your family face? Where can you go for help or advice?

Protection against Mosquitoes, Ticks, & Other Arthropods

Vaccines or chemoprophylactic drugs are available to protect against some vectorborne diseases such as yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria; however, travel health practitioners should advise travelers to use repellents and other general protective measures against biting arthropods. The effectiveness of malaria chemoprophylaxis is variable, depending on patterns of drug resistance, bioavailability, and compliance with medication, and no similar preventive measures exist for other mosquitoborne diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and West Nile encephalitis or tickborne diseases such as Lyme borreliosis, tickborne encephalitis, and relapsing fever.

Protective Healthcare Personnel

Public Water Supply Systems Search

Provides a search interface to public water supply systems where you can specify water system number name or type, principal county served, primary water source type, point of contact type, and more.

PulseNet

PulseNet compares the 'DNA fingerprints' of bacteria from patients to find clusters of disease that might represent unrecognized outbreaks. Health officials can't stop an outbreak, and industry and regulatory agencies can't make changes to our food and water delivery systems, if they don't know that outbreaks are occurring. That's where PulseNet comes in.

PulseNet in the News

News about PulseNet.

Rabies Information

Rabies is a preventable viral disease of mammals most often transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal.

Rabies Publications

This page on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website provides several publications related to the topic of rabies (including data such as weekly reports, maps, & figures).

Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings

This site gives healthcare providers a quick reference resource for the best toxicology and treatment information for patients with pesticide exposures.

Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule by Vaccine and Age Group

Provides vaccination recommendations for adults based on their age range.

Recommended Immunization Schedule for Persons Age 0-18 Years

Provides vaccination recommendations for children based on their age range.

Recommended Vaccinations Indicated for Adults Based on Medical & Other Indications

Provides vaccination recommendations for adults based on medical and other indications.

Remarks by President Biden at Virtual Meeting on Military Deployments Supporting Hospitals for the COVID-⁠19 Response

Report of the Secretary’s Task Force on Black and Minority Health

This report was released in 1985 under the leadership of former HHS Secretary Margaret Heckler. This landmark report marked the first convening of a group of health experts by the United States government to conduct a comprehensive study of racial and ethnic minority health and elevated minority health to a national stage. The anniversary theme is “30 Years of Advancing Health Equity | The Heckler Report: A Force for Ending Health Disparities in America.” This theme commemorates our nation’s efforts towards eliminating health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities that were mobilized by the findings from the Heckler Report. This milestone anniversary serves as a paramount opportunity to highlight national and local efforts towards eliminating health disparities and advancing health equity, including legislative policy and actions such as the Affordable Care Act, the HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, and the National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities.

Root Cause Analysis

The goal of the root cause analysis process is to find out what happened, why it happened, and how to prevent it from happening again. Because our culture of safety is based on prevention, not punishment, teams investigate how well patient care systems function. We focus on the "how" and the "why" not on the "who". Through the application of Human Factors Engineering approaches, we aim to support human performance.

Rule for Small Numbers and Public Data Release

Safe Drinking Water Information System Search

Contains information about public water systems and their violations of drinking water regulations, as reported by the states.

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