Department of Health Services

Sacramento County Public Health keeps its partners informed of communicable disease outbreaks, emerging infectious diseases, and other conditions of public health concern through health alerts and advisories. Health alerts and advisories are transmitted to appropriate partners through the California Health Alert Network (CAHAN) and posted below.

Health Alerts and Advisories:

2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak in Wuhan, China - Updates and Interim Guidance  1/21/2020

Updated Child Care and School Immunization Regulations 1/3/2020

Influenza Health Advisory  11/1/2019

Advisory on Title 17 Updates  10/4/2019

Influenza Health Advisory  10/1/2019

Methyl Mercury in Skin Creams Health Alert  9/9/2019

Mosquito-Borne Diseases Health Advisory  9/3/2019

Mercury in Skin Creams Health Alert (CDPH)  8/2019

Cannabis Vaping Health Advisory  8/20/2019

Updated CDC Tuberculosis Screening Recommendations for Health Care Personnel (HCP) and Nationwide Shortage of Tuberculin Skin Test Antigens (CDPH)  8/16/19

Advisory on SB 1152 Update  7/29/2019

Measles Health Advisory  5/24/2019

Influenza Health Advisory - Lifting Masking Mandate  4/30/2019

Measles Health Advisory  4/30/2019

Measles Health Alert  4/23/2019

Recommendations for Measles Case Identification, Measles Control, and Measles Case and Contact Investigations (CDPH)  4/18/2019

Measles Clinical Guidance: Identification and Testing of Suspect Measles Cases (CDPH) 4/2019 (updated)

Influenza Health Advisory - Masking Mandate Remains in Effect  3/29/2019

Influenza Season Continues with an Increase in Influenza A(H3N2) Activity (CDC)  3/28/2019

Update: Widespread Outbreaks of Hepatitis A among People Who Use Drugs and People Experiencing Homelessness across the United States (CDC)  3/5/2019

Measles Health Alert  3/22/2019

Measles Health Advisory  2/7/2019

Measles Health Advisory  1/2/2019

Influenza Health Advisory  12/26/2018

• CDPH Influenza Guidance for Local Health Departments  09/2018
  
• CDPH Influenza and Other Respiratory Illness Outbreak Quicksheet  10/2018
  

Influenza Health Advisory - Begin Masking Mandate  11/01/2018

National Increase in Reports of Suspected Acute Flaccid Myelitis Cases (CDPH)  10/17/2018

Congenital Syphilis Health Advisory  10/15/2018

Influenza Health Advisory  10/01/2018

Ebola Outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo Declared Over (CDPH)  07/30/2018

Measles Health Advisory  07/16/2018

Ebola Outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo (CDPH)  05/22/2018

Influenza Health Advisory 04/30/2018

Infuenza Health Advisory  03/29/2018

Influenza Health Advisory  02/06/2018