News & Press https://columbusmedicalassociation.org/news/default.asp Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:19:31 GMT Fri, 14 Mar 2025 12:25:00 GMT Copyright © 2025 Columbus Medical Association Public Health Advisory Update: Measles https://columbusmedicalassociation.org/news/news.asp?id=696201 https://columbusmedicalassociation.org/news/news.asp?id=696201 Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma are experiencing a rapidly growing measles outbreak, the third largest since measles elimination in the U.S. in 2000. Over the past six weeks, 258 cases and two deaths have been reported in unvaccinated and undervaccinated communities. To date, no measles cases have been reported to the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) in 2025. (Seven measles cases and one outbreak were reported in Ohio in 2024.)

 

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]]> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 13:25:00 GMT Avian Influenza A H5N1 https://columbusmedicalassociation.org/news/news.asp?id=692149 https://columbusmedicalassociation.org/news/news.asp?id=692149 Summary: Due to sporadic human infections with avian Influenza A H5N1 Virus amid high levels of seasonal influenza activity, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) highly recommends a shortened timeline for subtyping all influenza A specimens among hospitalized patients and enhanced efforts at clinical laboratories to identify non-seasonal influenza. Clinicians and laboratorians are reminded to test for influenza in patients with suspected influenza and to now expedite the subtyping of influenza Apositive specimens from hospitalized patients, particularly those in an intensive care unit (ICU). This approach can help prevent delays in identifying human infections with avian Influenza A H5N1 Virus, while also supporting optimal patient care and timely infection control and case investigation.

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