Marin County Public Health sends out Health Alerts, Advisories, and Updates to Marin County clinicians, via email, regarding communicable disease outbreaks, immunization updates, and emerging infectious diseases.
Urgency Level Categories
Alert: Conveys the highest level of importance; warrants immediate action or attention.
Advisory: Provides important information for specific incident or situation; may not require immediate action.
Update: Provides updated information regarding an incident or situation; unlikely to require immediate action.
Order: Legal mandates to protect human health.
Current Health Alerts, Advisories, Updates
Public Health Advisory HAN 370 Acute Neurologic Illness -
9/30/14 -
Advisory
Report Shows Increase in Melanoma Rates -
Full Report: Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry -
8/11/14 -
Update
Gonorrhea Update on Drug Resistance: Treatment Recommendations -
8/4/14 -
Advisory
New Community-wide Standards for Prescribing Opioid Pain Medications -
7/10/14 -
Advisory