Day: November 3, 2014

ENTEROVIRUS D68 MAY LINK TO PARALYSIS, SPREADS IN CALIFORNIA

From the Breitbart.com.

Cases of the sometimes-deadly Enterovirus D68 (EV D68) in California children have begun multiplying following exponential numbers of cases nationwide. Some Enterovirus cases have been connected to paralysis in patients. The original source of the rising number of EV D68 in the United States is unknown Dr. Gil Chavez, Deputy Director, State Epidemiologist for the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) told Breitbart News on Friday.

Shasta County sees four-fold uptick in whooping cough cases

From the Record Searchlight.

Keeping up with a state-declared epidemic, Shasta County has had four times as many whooping cough cases, so far this year, than it did during the same period of 2013. "We’re definitely having an upswing of whooping cough in Shasta County," said Andrew Deckert, the county’s public health officer. The illness has hospitalized 288 people statewide, so far this year, including 68 intensive-care stays, according to the California Department of Public Health.

CA HEALTH OFFICIALS WARN OF BOTULISM RISK IN PUMPKIN SEED PESTO SAUCE

From KTIC Radio.

The California Department of Public Health is warning consumers of recalled Williams-Sonoma Pumpkin Seed Pesto sauce due to a potential botulism risk. The food may have been improperly produced, officials said Friday, making it susceptible to contamination with Clostridium botulinum. Ingestion of the toxin from improperly processed jarred and canned foods can lead to serious illness and death, according to health officials.

How do you convince people climate change affects health?

From 3fold.

The California Department of Public Health, in partnership with Harder + Company, came to 3fold looking to raise awareness about the links between climate change and the health of individuals, and incite community action and change. The campaign required creating a marketing campaign and template for execution to be tested in a pilot county (San Luis Obispo) with the goal of securing future funding to take the campaign. 3fold created compelling messaging and imagery that communicated the links between climate change and health to prompt target audiences to take a specific action(s).

California’s tobacco control efforts losing steam, report finds

From Medical Press.

California’s position as a leader in tobacco control is under threat, according to a new report from the UC San Francisco Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education. Once a highly successful program and international model, the state’s anti-tobacco efforts now appear to be waning due to the decreased spending power of the California Tobacco Control Program, a resurgence of the tobacco industry in state politics, and the emergence of new unregulated tobacco products.

West Nile virus cases surging across California

From Oroville Mercury Register.

In the midst of a historic drought, public health officials are searching for clues as to why cases of West Nile virus have exploded statewide since last year, making this season the worst for human infections in California since 2005. This year, the proportion of mosquitoes infected with the virus statewide is at the highest level ever detected, according to the California Department of Public Health. Statewide, 562 human cases of West Nile have been reported as of Tuesday, more than twice the number from a year ago. The state has also confirmed 17 deaths related to the virus so far, up from 15 in all of 2013.

Need to access MedlinePlus on your phone? Now you have full access! It’s also available in Spanish with all the content that you can find on MedlinePlus en español.

The National Library of Medicine has newly redesigned these sites. They are optimized for mobile phones and tablets. Unlike the original mobile sites which only contained a subset of MedlinePlus, the new sites have all the same content that you find online.

The newly redesigned sites also now offer improved navigation using menus, enhanced page navigation with the ability to open and close sections within pages, and an updated look and feel.

In the next phase, the MedlinePlus team will launch a fully responsive design that will allow for a consistent user experience from any point of access, whether desktop, tablet, or phone. NLM anticipates a release in Spring 2015 of its fully responsive versions of MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en español.

More details are available from NLM.

The Public Health Library has the following new books available in print:

1. Current topics in occupational epidemiology. By Katherine M Venables. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2013. Call number: RC964.C87 2013. See the description and table of contents from the publisher.

2. Leading, managing, caring: understanding leadership and management in health and social care. Edited by Sara MacKian and Joan Simons. London; New York: Routledge; Milton Keynes: The Open University, 2013. Call number: RA971.L34 2013. Find a detailed table of contents and summary here.

3. Families and health. By Janet R. Grochowski. Los Angeles: SAGE, [2014]. Call number: RA418.5.F3 G76 2014. View a description and preview here.

and here are some new titles available online from the National Academies Press which require a free registration to download a pdf of the title:

4. The Role and Potential of Communities in Population Health Improvement: Workshop Summary. Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2014.

5. Implications of Health Literacy for Public Health: Workshop Summary. Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2014.

6. The Richard & Hinda Rosenthal Symposium 2014: Antimicrobial Resistance: A Problem Without Borders. Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2014.

Please note that these books are only a small selection of what is newly available. If you are interested in checking out any book(s), submit a request using our online form and we will mail the book(s) to you.

You may also log into your web portal account to request book(s).

If you do not currently possess a UC Berkeley library card, you will need to apply for one before we can check out a book to you.

Lippincott’s Manual of Nursing Practice, often just called the ‘Lippincott’, covers all disorders and patient problems in medical-surgical, maternal-neonatal, pediatric, and psychiatric nursing. This classic text, now in its 10th edition, contains official guidelines from the National Institutes of Health, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, American Nurses Association, Joint Commission, AWHONN, and others.

You’ll find a link to this and other full text electronic books which have been selected for you by the Public Health Library on the CDPH Electronic Books page. Please note this title is
licensed from Ovid; you must access it from a CDPH networked computer, or else use a
user name and password. To obtain the user Ovid name and password, either email Debbie Jan
at Debbie.Jan@cdph.ca.gov, or log on using your Web Portal account and click the
E-Book Passwords link.