Health Advisory
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Health Advisory #180: CDC Recommends Booster Dose of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Certain Groups
September 24, 2021: CDC backed a Pfizer COVID-19 booster for older adults, some people with health conditions and people in high-risk settings.
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Health Advisory #178: CDC Recommends Additional Dose of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine for Immunocompromised People
August 2021: CDC backed a third mRNA COVID-19 vaccine dose for people with moderately to severely weakened immune systems.
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Health Advisory #171: Point-of-Care Antigen Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Nursing Homes
October 2020: West Virginia told nursing homes how to use and read rapid point-of-care antigen tests for the virus that causes COVID-19.
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HEALTH ALERT #169 New Laboratory Data Reporting Elements for COVID-19 and Death Reporting
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), Bureau for Public Health (BPH) continues to respond to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in West Virginia. The purpose of this advisory is to update healthcare providers on new national requirements for COVID-19 laboratory test data ele
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Health Alert/Update #168: Expanding Testing for COVID-19 and Clinician-Suspected Re-infection
June 8, 2020: West Virginia asked providers to widen COVID-19 testing as the state reopened and to report suspected cases of re-infection.
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Health Alert/Update #166: COVID-19
June 3, 2020: West Virginia Health Alert #166 covered PPE cleaning, COVID-19 case and death reporting, online test requests and MIS-C in children.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Guidance for Restaurants, Bars and Casinos Closures, March 2020
March 18, 2020: a West Virginia executive order limited restaurants and bars to carry-out, drive-thru and delivery, and closed all casinos.
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Health Update #165: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak
March 6, 2020: West Virginia Health Update #165 told providers how to spot, isolate, test and report possible COVID-19 cases before the state had a case.
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HEALTH ALERT #164 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Outbreak
Summary and Action Items All patients with fever and/or lower respiratory illness should be asked for travel history from December 1, 2019 to present. Healthcare providers should be on the lookout for people who recently traveled from China and have fever and respiratory symptoms or for individuals
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HEALTH ALERT #163 Update on Vaping-Associated Lung Injuries
· E-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI), previously referred to as vaping- Rapid recognition of patients with EVALI, increased understanding of diagnostic and treatment considerations, and timely reporting to public health could reduce morbidity and mortality associated