Public Health Advisories
Ventura County Public Health (VCPH) utilizes the California Health Alert Network (CAHAN), the State of California’s web-based information and communications system available on a 24/7/365 basis, for distribution of health alerts, dissemination of prevention guidelines, coordination of disease investigation efforts, preparedness planning, and other initiatives that strengthen state and local preparedness. CAHAN participants have the ability to receive alerts and notifications via alphanumeric pager, e-mail, fax, and phone (cellular and landline).
To receive CAHAN Ventura communications, click here or the CAHAN logo above to download the CAHAN registration form. Questions regarding CAHAN Ventura communications may be directed to CAHAN@ventura.org.
Latest CAHAN Ventura Communication
CAHAN Communication
- Alert: Conveys the highest level of importance; warrants immediate action or attention.
- Advisory: Provides important information for a specific incident or situation; may not require immediate attention.
- Update: Provides updated information regarding an incident or situation; unlikely to require immediate action.
- Information: Provides general information that is not necessarily considered to be of an emergent nature.
2024
- CDPH Health Update: Evaluation and Testing for Human Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Infection – December 6, 2024
- VCPH Health Advisory: Cluster of Locally Acquired Leptospirosis Infections – November 19, 2024
- CDPH Health Update: CDPH Updates Syphilis Screening Recommendations – October 14, 2024
- CDC Health Update: Prevention Strategies for Mpox, including Vaccinating People at Risk via Sexual Exposure, for U.S. Travelers Visiting Countries with Clade I Mpox Outbreaks – September 23, 2024
- VCPH Health Advisory: Increase in Travel-Associated Dengue Infections – September 19, 2024
- VCPH Update: Mandatory Influenza Vaccination or Masking of Health Care Workers During Influenza Season – September 3, 2024
- VCPH Health Advisory: Situational Updates and Guidance for Clinical Management of Mpox – August 26, 2024
- CDPH Health Advisory: Rise in Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigella Strains-January to May 2024 – August 9, 2024
- CDC Health Update: Mpox Caused by Human-to-Human Transmission of Monkeypox Virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with Spread to Neighboring Countries – August 7, 2024
- CDC Health Advisory: Disruptions in Availability of Becton Dickinson (BD) BACTEC™ Blood Culture Bottles – July 23, 2024
- CDC Health Advisory: Increased Risk of Dengue Virus Infections in the United States – June 25, 2024
- VCPH Health Advisory: Sexually Transmitted Severe Dermatophyte Infection – June 25, 2024
- VCPH Health Advisory: Updated PEP Guidance for Invasive Meningococcal Disease – May 22, 2024
- VCPH Health Advisory: Potential for Increase in Bordetella pertussis Infections – April 11, 2024
- VCPH Health Advisory: Extension of Abrysvo in Pregnant Persons – February 29, 2024
2023
- VCPH Health Advisory: Aeromonas Skin Infections Associated with Tough Mudder Race – August 25, 2023
- VCPH Health Advisory: Sexually Transmitted Severe Dermatophyte Infections – August 23, 2023
- VCPH Health Advisory: Increasing West Nile Virus Activity – August 21, 2023
- VCPH Health Advisory: An Increase in Cases of Silicosis – August 7, 2023
- VCPH Health Advisory: Benzathine Penicillin G Shortage -June 30, 2023
- VCPH Health Advisory: Respiratory Illness in Infants and Children – June 16, 2023
- VCPH Health Advisory: Xylazine-Associated Toxicity – March 21, 2023
2022
- VCPH Health Advisory: Increase in Parechovirus Infections in Very Young Infants – July 5, 2022
- VCPH Health Advisory: Meningococcal Disease Outbreak – June 28, 2022
- VCPH Health Advisory: Recommendation for Meningococcal Vaccine (MenACWY) for Men who have Sex with Men (MSM)—Florida Meningococcal Outbreak – June 8, 2022
- VCPH Health Advisory: Potential Drug Overdose Alert – May 31, 2022
- VCPH Health Advisory: Monkeypox Virus Infection in the United States – May 27, 2022
- VCPH Health Advisory: Recommendations for Adenovirus Testing and Reporting of Children with Acute Hepatitis – April 26, 2022
- VCPH Health Advisory: Cronobacter Sakazakii in Infants: Powdered Infant Formula – March 1, 2022
2021
- VCPH Health Advisory: Addressing misconceptions of COVID-19 Vaccines – July 28, 2021
- VCPH Health Advisory: Regional Outbreak of Highly Drug-resistant Carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii at In-patient Facilities – May 26, 2021
- VCPH Health Advisory: Non‐Viral hepatitis associated with consumption of “Real Water” alkaline water – March 24, 2021
- VCPH Health Advisory: COVID Vaccine Eligibility for Persons Between 16 and 64 Years of Age – March 2, 2021
- VCPH Health Advisory: Ventura County Suspected COVID-19 Deaths Under Medical Care – January 14, 2021
2017-2020
- VCPH Health Alert: Reports of Disseminated Gonococcal Infection (DGI) – November 13, 2020
- VCHP Health Advisory: Modification to Use of COVID‐19 Confidential Morbidity Report (CMR) – June 3, 2020
- VCPH Health Advisory: Increasing COVID-19 Testing in Ventura County – May 18, 2020
- VCPH Health Advisory: Announcing new COVID‐19 Specific Confidential Morbidity Report for use by Ventura County Providers in Reporting Suspect and Confirmed Cases of COVID‐19 – April 7, 2020
- VCPH Health Advisory: Ventura County Suspected COVID-19 Deaths Under Medical Care – March 27, 2020
- VCPH Health Advisory: Revised Guidance on laboratory testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19) in Ventura County – March 26, 2020
- VCPH Health Advisory: Guidance on laboratory testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19) in Ventura County – March 23, 2020
- VCPH Health Advisory: Guidance on laboratory testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Ventura County – March 12, 2020
- VCPH Health Advisory: 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019‐nCoV) Update – January 10, 2020
- VCPH Health Advisory: Pneumonia of Unknown Etiology (PUE) – January 10, 2020
- VCPH Health Advisory: Severe Pulmonary Disease Associated with Vaping – August 15, 2019
- VCPH Health Advisory: Tularemia Alert for Ventura County – July 19, 2019
- VCPH Health Advisory: Increase in Cases of Bordetella pertussis in Ventura County – March 20, 2019
- VCPH Health Advisory: Cases of Shigella in Ventura County homeless populations – October 12, 2018
- VCPH Health Advisory: Selecting Pregnant Women for Additional Syphilis Screening in Ventura County – August 15, 2018
- VCPH Health Alert: Burkholderia cepacia complex Infections Associated with the use of Medline Remedy® Essentials No-Rinse Foam – March 29, 2018
- VCPH Health Alert: Increase in Giardia Cases Locally – March 21, 2018
- VCPH Health Alert: Influenza & Sepsis – March 2, 2018
- VCPH Health Advisory: Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) in Ventura County – January 9, 2018
- VCPH Health Advisory: Presumptive Treatment of Influenza is Highly Recommended this Season – January 3, 2018
- VCPH Health Advisory: Boil Water Orders and Surgical Procedures – December 8, 2017
- VCPH Health Advisory: Legionellosis Associated with Travel to or Living in Anaheim, CA – November 16, 2017
- VCPH Health Advisory: Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) in Ventura County – November 14, 2017
- VCPH Health Update: Detection and Prevention of Hepatitis A Disease – October 10, 2017
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