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Delaware: DPH conducts precautionary TB testing at high school(0)
New Castle DE–As a precautionary measure, Delaware’s Division of Public Health (DPH) will provide skin tests to 80 Appoquinimink High School students to rule out a slight possibility that a student who briefly attended the school in May transmitted tuberculosis (TB).
Families of students offered skin testing were notified by letter Aug. 12. The affected student [...]
Delaware: All tots need their shots
New Castle DE–Each year, thousands of children become ill from diseases that could have been prevented by basic childhood immunizations. Infants are especially vulnerable. Because it is so important to protect them through immunization, the Division of Public Health (DPH), in partnership with the Immunization Coalition of Delaware (ICD), urges Delaware parents and healthcare providers [...]
Delaware: H1N1 update
New Castle DE–Case Counts: For the period of Feb. 28 – March 6, no cases of H1N1 virus were confirmed by Delaware’s Division of Public Health (DPH) lab, similar to the previous week. There were no new hospitalizations from H1N1 during the week of Feb. 28 – March 6, and Delaware’s influenza activity status remains [...]
Delaware: Slightly lower potency level of some H1N1 vaccine prompts recall
New Castle DE–The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has notified all states including Delaware that a non-safety related recall has been issued for six lots of vaccine distributed from November 2009 to January 2010. Unused doses of this vaccine are being recalled for its level of potency, which is only slightly below the [...]
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