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The main goal of the Office of State Epidemiology is to prevent and respond to a variety of public health issues through disease surveillance, standardized data collection, meaningful interpretation, statewide standards, and centralized guidance in order to improve health outcomes for our communities.
“We are dedicated to the health and wellness of our communities across the state of Nevada and work diligently with our partners to provide data, insight and guidance on epidemiological issues affecting the health of Nevadans and our visitors.”
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Communicable Disease
The Communicable Disease Epidemiology Unit is responsible for developing statewide disease investigation protocols and accompanying materials, surveillance of communicable disease trends within Nevada, and providing recommendations to reduce communicable disease transmission and associated negative outcomes.
Environmental Health
Environmental health (EH) deals with all the different ways the world around us can impact our physical and mental well-being. The Environmental Health Unit is focused on the intersect between zoonotic and environmental factors that affect human health.
Facility Infection Prevention & Special Population
This program aims to supply State-licensed facilities and pre-K-12 schools with infection prevention practices that best reflect the most recent, up-to-date standards for infection prevention and control.
Chronic Health
Chronic diseases are human health conditions that persists for at least one year and require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living or both. Major chronic diseases include heart disease and stroke, cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease.
Proposed Changes to Nevada Administrative Code Chapters 441A (LCB File No. R119-26)
**Note, LCB File No. R119-26 is the new file name for previous LCB File No. R174-24 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the State Board of Health will hold a public hearing…
Request for submission of norovirus- and rotavirus-positive specimens to the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory
The Nevada Office of State Epidemiology (OSE) and the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory (NSPHL) request that clinical laboratories retain residual stool specimen material from patients with sporadic, laboratory-confirmed norovirus…
Continued Bicillin® L-A Shortage, Lentocilin, and Syphilis Treatment
SUMMARY Benzathine Penicillin G (BPG) is the only recommended treatment for syphilis during pregnancy. Bicillin® L-A, is the FDA-approved formulation of BPG in the U.S. The Nevada Division of Public…
Infant Botulism Outbreak- Nara Organics Formula
Alert: Nara Organics infant formula recall linked to infant botulism outbreak, for more information click here. The CDC is working with multiple partners including state public health departments, clinicians, laboratories,…
Ebola Situational Update
General Overview of Current Outbreak An outbreak of Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) is occurring in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. BVD is a type of Ebola disease (a viral hemorrhagic…
Health considerations during upcoming mass gatherings
Summary Mass gatherings and increase in travel both domestically and internationally, especially during the warmer summer months, create opportunities for illness to occur and disease to spread. This Technical Bulletin…