👩⚕️Health Care Providers👨⚕️: Arthritis pain relief doesn’t always have to come from a prescription. CDC research finds 2 out of 5 patients are not receiving provider counseling on the benefits of physical activity for managing arthritis—one of the best ways to reduce arthritis pain. Several CDC-recognized, evidence-based, in person and virtual arthritis programs are available to help adults with arthritis improve their quality of life. Discover how these programs can help your patients: https://bit.ly/3UbFTB9.
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New MMWR Clinical Pearls: external ventricular drain infections, cosmetic injections and HIV, measles in the U.S., and more. View the newsletter to learn how the latest science relates to clinical practice: bit.ly/mcp0524
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A new CDC MMWR report details the response to a multistate outbreak of avian influenza A(H5N1) in U.S. birds and dairy cows that has been linked to two human cases. Influenza A(H5N1) viruses cannot spread easily to or between people. CDC considers the current health risk to the U.S. public to be low. Still, clinicians should remain vigilant for signs and symptoms of influenza virus infection, continue to test for influenza whenever influenza is suspected, and forward influenza A virus-positive specimens to public health laboratories when recommended. For more information, clinicians should refer to CDC’s interim recommendations for infection prevention and monitoring of people with relevant exposure history: https://bit.ly/4aPi5Zf
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Healthcare providers: Do you want to improve your patients' A1c levels and their fruit and vegetable consumption? The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends fruit and vegetable incentive programs to reduce household food insecurity and increase household fruit and vegetable consumption in lower income households. Participants in these programs who were at risk for or had diet-related health conditions showed improved A1c levels. Learn how these programs can work in your community: https://bit.ly/4acIOOV
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HCPs: Use CDC’s "Learn the Signs. Act Early." resources to support your conversations with families about their child’s development. Get started today: https://lnkd.in/eJkAQMBS
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CDC is conducting a pandemic risk assessment on the virus from the human H5N1 case in Texas using the Influenza Risk Assessment Tool (IRAT). While CDC believes that the immediate threat to the public from this virus is low, the IRAT outcome will assess the potential that this virus could adapt and spread from person-to-person, as well as the public health impact if that happened. Read more: https://bit.ly/4bIsmah
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The latest MMWR Weekly Briefing is live. Topics include: Shiga toxin-producing E. coli in Utah, travel-associated malaria along the southern U.S. border, and more. Listen and subscribe: http://bit.ly/MMWRPodcast
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New data indicate that mpox infections in people who have received 2 doses of JYNNEOS are rare. Clinicians should encourage eligible patients to be vaccinated. People who received 1 dose of JYNNEOS vaccine at least 28 days ago should receive a second dose. People who have received both doses do not need booster doses at this time. Clinicians should also explain to patients that although infection in fully vaccinated people can occur, such infections are rare and typically milder than those in unvaccinated people. Learn more in CDC MMWR: https://bit.ly/mm7320a3
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A new MMWR report showed stroke prevalence increased by 15% among adults aged 18-64 during 2011–2022. It’s important for everyone to know the signs and symptoms of a stroke, especially given the increase in stroke prevalence among younger adults. bit.ly/mm7320a1
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📣 Study Alert! Public health professionals: Researchers used national survey data to map geographic clusters of health insurance coverage and identified racial and ethnic disparities. The study found health insurance coverage and healthcare access worsened during the pandemic for Hispanic/Latino, African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander populations. Insurance coverage was driven by: - cost - unemployment, and - eligibility factors, before and during the pandemic. Read the full report: https://bit.ly/43G5KEr