News & Updates
New Infectious Disease Inter-Facility Transfer Form, Candida auris Case Report Form, and Educational Tool for Candida auris
Background According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Candida auris (C. auris) is an emerging fungus that presents a serious global health threat. CDC along with the...
Recall on Ruby Mountain Natural Spring Water
Ruby Mountain Natural Springs Water has issued a recall of their purified water that was bottled and delivered from July 14-28. The recall affects Winnemucca, Battle Mountain, and Lovelock customers...
State Public Health Officials Report Death from Rare Brain Infection
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 20th, 2023 Contact: Dawn Cribb, Public Information Officer dcribb@health.nv.gov The Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health (DPBH), is reporting the death of a Lincoln County...
Bicillin® L-A Shortage and Syphilis Treatment
BICILLIN® L-A SHORTAGE AND SYPHILIS TREATMENT – CURRENT SITUATION The State of Nevada Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Prevention and Control Program has been notified of a shortage of Bicillin L-A®...
CDC Health Alert Network Health Update: Potential Risk for New Mpox Cases
Summary On May 15, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) regarding the potential risk for new mpox (formerly monkeypox) cases. In...
FDA Ends Monovalent mRNA Authorization and Simplifies Use of Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines
Background On April 18, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued amended Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) to both Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech to simplify the COVID-19 bivalent mRNA vaccine...
Marburg Virus Disease Outbreaks in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania
Summary On April 6, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to inform clinicians and public health departments in the...
STI Awareness Week
More than 2.5 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were reported in 2021. CDC released the 2021 Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance report that provides the most current and complete...
World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
As we approach World TB Day, the Nevada TB Program would like to provide a reminder that tuberculosis infection and disease can happen anywhere and to anyone. Recently, the Centers...
County Health Rankings 2023
County Health Rankings for Nevada will be released Wednesday, March 29th! If you would like to attend the virtual or in-person sessions, please click here to register. Southern Nevada County...
Discontinuation of Reporting COVID-19 Negative Laboratory Results
Background As COVID-19 trends continue to decrease across the nation, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning for the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), declared...
Increased Chikungunya Virus Activity in Paraguay and Associated Risk to Travelers
This is an official CDC Health Advisory. Distributed via the CDC Health Alert Network March 2nd, 2023, 12:15 PM ET CDCHAN-00487 Summary The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...