Brandie Adams has joined the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) as its new healthcare coalition funds manager. She can be reached at badams@gha.org or 770-249-4540.
This month's Georgia Hospital Net will be conducted on Sunday, Dec. 7. The purpose of the net is to determine the operational capability of each of the hospitals. All operators are encouraged to participate.
Despite a relatively slow start to the flu season, U.S. schools are preparing for an increase in absences and sick children as a new variant gains momentum. The flu vaccine for the 2025-2026 season could be less effective against H3N2 subclade K, which has already caused spikes in hospitalizations in countries including Canada and the U.K.
The Ambriola Company is recalling select cheese products after routine testing confirmed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
Silvestri Sweets Inc. is voluntarily recalling its 5-ounce bags of Choceur-branded Holiday Barks because they may contain undeclared allergens. Choceur-branded Cookie Butter Holiday Bark may contain undeclared pecans. People who have allergies to pecans run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume these products.
Mondelēz Global LLC announced a voluntary recall of 70 cases of RITZ Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches and sold in the following U.S. states: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Alabama. This recall is limited to one SKU and two Code Dates previously recalled in July. This action is not an expansion of that prior recall and is being conducted out of an abundance of caution.
Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD)
The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) provides access tomental health services.
Reminder: Identify, Isolate and Inform!
Identify, Isolate and Inform: It is important to continueto ask travel questions. The purpose of this notice is to remind healthcare providers about actions to take in Georgia when evaluating patients for possible serious communicable diseases.
Travel Clinical Assistant (TCA)
TheTravel Clinical Assistantprovides post-travel clinical information on travel-related diseases for 231 countries. Diseases with recent outbreaks occurring in the last two years are listed first.
Violent Actors and Cyber Criminals Threaten Emergency Services Sector
The Office of Intelligence and Analysis sent anassessmentof threats to the Emergency Services Sector— police, firefighters, and other first responders— from violent extremists, other physical threat actors, or malicious cyber actors.
