Health Alert Network

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Last Updated:  May 18​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​, 2023​​​​​​​

The Health Alert Network (HAN) is a nationwide system for coordinating and distributing important information about public health events. It helps us strengthen our emergency preparedness at the local, state and federal levels.

Message Categories​

• Health Alert: Conveys the highest level of importance; warrants immediate action or attention.

• Health Advisory: provides important information for a specific incident or situation; may not require immediate action.

• Health Update: provides updated information regarding an incident or situation; unlikely to require immediate action. 

About the Health Alert Network

In Nebraska we use the HAN to distribute health alerts, prevention guidelines and other information. We can notify health care providers, hospitals, and local health departments immediately by e-mail and fax. We also have a voice notification system to reach our state public health employees and health departments immediately. We can also share information with the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency, laboratories, pharmacies, veterinarians and other health agencies. The HAN can also be used for distance learning, national disease surveillance, and electronic laboratory reporting.

The federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funds the HAN with grant money. Our goal is to improve the communications infrastructure for all Nebraska public health agencies and our partners.  To help meet this goal, the HAN:

• Uses high-speed, secure Internet connections for local health officials and provides access to CDC's prevention recommendations, practice guidelines, and disease data.
• Creates a secure web site and emergency messaging system for communications among health agencies for bioterrorism and all other public health threats.
• Establishes a distance learning capability to foster greater public health organizational capacity and public health professional development.

Health Alerts 

Type    Name    Title    Effective Date    ADVISORY05182023 CDC HAN: Outbreak of Suspected Fungal Meningitis in U.S. Patients who Underwent Surgical Procedures under Epidural Anesthesia in Matmoros, Mexico 5/18/2023 UPDATE05152023 CDC HAN: Potential Risk for New Mpox Cases 5/15/2023 UPDATE05042023 Tick-Borne Diseases and Nebraska 5/4/2023 UPDATE04242023 Lyme Disease and Nebraska 4/24/2023 ADVISORY04072023 CDC HAN: Marburg Virus Disease Outbreaks in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania 4/7/2023 ADVISORY03032023 CDC HAN: Measles Exposure at a Large Gathering in Kentucky, February 2023 and Global Measles Outbreaks 3/3/2023 ADVISORY03022023 CDC HAN: Increased Chikungunya Activity in Paraguay and Associated Risk to Travelers 3/2/2023 ADVISORY02272023 CDC HAN: Increase in Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigellosis in the United States 2/27/2023 ADVISORY02022023 CDC HAN: Outbreak of Extensively Drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Associated with Artificial Tears 2/2/2023 ADVISORY12222022 CDC HAN: Increase in Pediatric Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections 12/22/2022 UPDATE12212022 CDC HAN: Important Updates on COVID-19 Therapeutics for Treatment and Prevention 12/21/2022 ADVISORY12152022 CDC HAN: Interim Guidance for Clinicians to Prioritize Antiviral Treatment of Influenza in the Setting of Reduced Availability of Oseltamivir 12/15/2022 UPDATE12082022 COVID-19 Therapeutics Updates & Shortages of Oseltamivir, Amoxicillin, & Amoxicillin-Clavulanate 12/8/2022 UPDATE11182022 CDC HAN: Update on Managing Monkeypox in Patients Receiving Therapeutics 11/18/2022 UPDATE11072022 CDC HAN: Update on Ebola Virus Disease (Sudan ebolavirus) Outbreak in Central Uganda 11/7/2022 ALERT11042022 Respiratory Season Updates and Recommendations 11/4/2022 ADVISORY11012022 CDC HAN: Outbreaks of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections Highlight Importance of Maintaining and Monitoring Dental Waterlines 11/1/2022 ADVISORY10062022 CDC HAN: Outbreak of Ebola virus disease (Sudan ebolavirus) in Central Uganda 10/6/2022 ADVISORY09302022 CDC HAN: Severe Manifestations of Monkeypox among People who are Immunocompromised due to HIV or Other Conditions 9/30/2022 ADVISORY09122022 CDC HAN: Severe Respiratory Illnesses Associated with Rhinoviruses and/or Enteroviruses Including EV-D68 -- Multistate, 2022 9/12/2022 ADVISORY09082022 CDC HAN: Variant Influenza Virus Infections: Recommendations for Identification, Treatment, and Prevention for Summer and Fall 2022 9/8/2022 UPDATE08192022 Nebraska Monkeypox Updates 8/19/2022 UPDATE08022022 CDC HAN: Update for Clinicians on Monkeypox in People with HIV, Children and Adolescents, and People who are Pregnant or Breastfeeding 8/2/2022 UPDATE07292022 Nebraska Monkeypox Update and CDC Update on Testing and Treatment 7/29/2022 ADVISORY07282022 CDC HAN: Melioidosis Locally Endemic in Areas of the Mississippi Gulf Coast after Burkholderia pseudomallei in Soil and Water and Linked to Two Cases - Mississippi, 2020 and 2022 7/28/2022 UPDATE07202022 Non-COVID-19 Respiratory Disease Updates: Monitoring for MERS-CoV & Influenza 7/20/2022 ADVISORY07142022 CDC HAN: Recent Reports of Human Parechovirus in the United States--2022 7/14/2022 ADVISORY07132022 West Nile Virus in Nebraska 7/13/2022 ADVISORY07122022 Tick-borne Diseases in Nebraska 7/12/2022 ADVISORY07062022 Nebraska HIV Incidence, Testing Review, Treatment Resources and Prevention 7/6/2022 UPDATE06152022 CDC HAN: Updated Case-finding Guidance: Monkeypox Outbreak - United States, 2022 6/15/2022 UPDATE05262022 Update to CDC's Blood Lead Reference Value for Children 5/26/2022 ADVISORY05242022 CDC HAN: COVID-19 Rebound After Paxlovid Treatment 5/24/2022 ADVISORY05202022 CDC HAN: Monkeypox Virus Infection in the United States and Other Non-endemic Countries--2022 5/20/2022 UPDATE05112022 CDC HAN: Updated Recommendations for Adenovirus Testing and Reporting of Children with Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Etiology 5/11/2022 ADVISORY05022022 CDC HAN: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus: Recommendations for Human Health Investigations and Response 5/2/2022 ADVISORY04282022 Lyme disease in Nebraska 4/28/2022 ADVISORY04252022 CDC HAN: Updated Information on Availability and Use of Treatments for Outpatients with Mild to Moderate COVID-19 Who are at Increased Risk for Severe Outcomes of COVID-19 4/25/2022 ADVISORY04212022 CDC HAN: Recommendations for Adenovirus Testing and Reporting of Children with Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Etiology 4/21/2022 ADVISORY03212022 Increasing Syphilis Incidence in Nebraska 3/21/2022 UPDATE01042022 Omicron Predominant in Nebraska and Therapeutics Updates 1/4/2022 ADVISORY12272021 CDC HAN: Rapid Increase in Omicron Variant Infections in the United States: Management of Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure 12/27/2021 UPDATE12102021 Important Seasonal Influenza Updates and Recommendations 12/10/2021 UPDATE12032021 Omicron Variant Identified in Nebraska 12/3/2021 UPDATE11022021 Expansion of Recall of LeadCare Blood Lead Tests Due to Risk of Falsely Low Results 11/2/2021 UPDATE10252021 CDC HAN: Source Implicated in Fatal Case in Georgia: Multistate Outbreak of Non-travel Associated Burkholderia pseudomallei Infections (Melioidosis) in Four Patients: Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota, and Texas–2021 10/25/2021 ADVISORY09302021 Vaccination to prevent COVID-19 in pregnant people 9/30/2021 ADVISORY09212021 CDC HAN: Guidance for Clinicians Caring for Individuals Recently Evacuated from Afghanistan 9/21/2021 UPDATE09172021 Updated COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody (mAb) Therapy Indication and Change in Protocol for Ordering mAb Therapy 9/17/2021 ADVISORY09142021 CDC HAN: Increases in Availability of Cannabis Products Containing Delta-8 THC and Reported Cases of Adverse Events 9/14/2021 ADVISORY08272021 CDC HAN: Rapid Increase in Ivermectin Prescriptions and Reports of Severe Illness Associated with Use of Products Containing Ivermectin to Prevent or Treat COVID-19 8/27/2021 ADVISORY07212021 West Nile Virus in Nebraska 7/21/2021 ADVISORY07192021 CDC HAN: Potential Exposure to Person with Confirmed Human Monkeypox Infection - United States, 2021 7/19/2021 ADVISORY07122021 CDC HAN: Recall of LeadCare® Blood Lead Tests Due to Risk of Falsely Low Results 7/12/2021 ADVISORY07062021 CDC HAN: Multistate Investigation of Non-travel Associated Burkholderia pseudomallei Infections (Melioidosis) in Three Patients: Kansas, Texas, and Minnesota-2021 7/6/2021 ADVISORY07012021 CDC HAN: Increased Interseasonal RSV Activity in Parts of the Southern United States 7/1/2021 ADVISORY06282021 Test Nebraska Ending 6/28/2021 UPDATE06112021 COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Therapy Updates & Sequencing 6/11/2021 ADVISORY04292021 Tick borne diseases in Nebraska 4/29/2021 UPDATE04222021 Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children & Adults and Monoclonal Antibody Therapy Indications 4/22/2021 ADVISORY04192021 Increase in Norovirus Outbreaks 4/19/2021 ALERT04132021 COVID-19 Vaccine pause of Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine 4/13/2021 ALERT 04132021 CDC HAN: Cases of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis with thrombocytopenia after receipt of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine 4/13/2021 ADVISORY04012021 Acute Non-Viral Hepatitis of Unknown Etiology Potentially Associated with an Alkaline Water Product 4/1/2021 ADVISORY03312021 Lyme disease in Nebraska 3/31/2021 UPDATE03082021 COVID-19 Vaccine Fees 3/8/2021 UPDATE03032021 SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern identified in Nebraska 3/3/2021 UPDATE02252021 COVID-19 Antigen Testing, Reinfections, Sequencing & Antibody Test Reporting 2/25/2021 ADVISORY02182021 2021 Winter Storms - Clinical Guidance for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 2/18/2021 ADVISORY02162021 Extensively Drug-Resistant Salmonella Typhi infections Among U.S. Residents Without International Travel 2/16/2021 ADVISORY01042021 Increase in Fatal Drug Overdoses Across the United States Driven by Synthetic Opioids Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic 1/4/2021 ADVISORY12242020 Monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of COVID-19 12/24/2020 UPDATE09082020 Updated Testing Guidance for COVID-19 9/8/2020 ADVISORY07092020 CDC HAN: Serious Adverse Health Events Associated with Methanol-Based Hand Sanitizers 7/9/2020 ADVISORY06242020 Multistate Outbreak of Cyclospora Infections Linked to Bagged Salad 6/24/2020 ADVISORY06192020 Covid-19 Serology Testing 6/19/2020 ADVISORY 06192020 West Nile Virus disease in Nebraska 6/19/2020 ADVISORY06022020 COVID-19 and Remdesivir Use 6/2/2020 ADVISORY06012020 Lyme disease in Nebraska 6/1/2020 ADVISORY05182020 Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Associated with COVID-19 5/18/2020 ADVISORY05062020 Tick borne diseases in Nebraska May 06, 2020 5/6/2020 ADVISORY04212020 Need for Increased COVID-19 Testing: Increased In-State Capacity 4/21/2020 ADVISORY04022020 Ordering COVID-19 Test at Nebraska Public Health Lab 4/3/2020 UPDATE03292020 Updated Guidance on Evaluation and  Testing Persons for COVID-19 CORRECTED 3/29/2020 ADVISORY03232020 Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Nebraska Dental Health Community 3/23/2020 ADVISORY 03232020 Recommendations to returning out-of-state travelers 3/23/2020 ADVISORY03192020 COVID-19 Updated Recommendations 3/19/2020 UPDATE03162020 Information and Guidance about Global Travel on Cruise Ships due to COVID-19 3/16/2020 UPDATE03132020 Updated guidelines for laboratory testing for COVID-19 3/13/2020 ADVISORY03112020 Updated guidance on evaluating and testing persons for COVID-19 3/11/2020 UPDATE03032020 COVID-19 Outbreak Update 3/3/2020 ADVISORY02252020 COVID-19 Outbreak 2/25/2020 UPDATE02012020 Update and Interim Guidance on Outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus 2/1/2020 ADVISORY01302020 2019 Novel Coronavirus Update 1/30/2020 ADVISORY01232020 Wuhan Novel Coronavirus 2019 1/23/2020 ADVISORY01142020 Outbreak of Pneumonia of Unknown Etiology in China 1/14/2020 ADVISORY01132020 Elevated Influenza Activity 1/13/2020 ADVISORY12062019 Risk Associated with Unapproved Products Derived from Stem Cells, Placenta, and Umbilical Cord Blood 12/6/2019 UPDATE11202019 Antimicrobial Resistance Threats and Antibiotic Awareness Week 11/20/2019 UPDATE 11202019 Hepatitis A Outbreak Linked to Fresh Blackberries Purchased at Fresh Thyme Grocery Stores 11/20/2019

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