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CDC Media Advisory: CDC provides update on respiratory illness affecting children in multiple states Today at 1 pm ET - Enterovirus D68

sharon sanders

sharon sanders

Editor-in-Chief & President
From: "Media@cdc.gov (CDC)" <sohco@CDC.GOV>
To: MMWR-MEDIA@LISTSERV.CDC.GOV
Subject: CDC Media Advisory: CDC provides update on respiratory illness affecting children in multiple states
Date: Sep 8, 2014 11:45 AM

Media Advisory

For Immediate Release
Monday, September 8, 2014

Contact: CDC Media Relations
404-639-3286


CDC provides update on respiratory illness affecting children in multiple states


What
CDC will host a media telebriefing today to discuss Enterorvirus D68, the respiratory illness affecting children in multiple states .

Who
Anne Schuchat, M.D. (RADM, USPHS) Assistant Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service; Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

When
Monday, September 8, 2014 at 1 p.m. ET

Dial-In
Media: 888-795-0855
Non-Media: 800-369-3153
INTERNATIONAL: 1- 630-395-0219


Important Instructions
If you would like to ask a question during the call, press *1 on your touchtone phone. Press *2 to withdraw your question. You may queue up at any time. You will hear a tone to indicate your question is pending.

TRANSCRIPT
A transcript of this media availability will be available following the briefing at CDC?s web site: www.cdc.gov/media .
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

CDC works 24/7 saving lives and protecting people from health threats to have a more secure nation. Whether these threats are chronic or acute, manmade or natural, human error or deliberate attack, global or domestic, CDC is the U.S. health protection agency.

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Re: CDC Media Advisory: CDC provides update on respiratory illness affecting children in multiple states Today at 1 pm ET - Enterovirus D68

Hi Sharon,
Will you be posting highlights of this briefing? Also is there a link to show full discussion.
Thank you in advance
 
Re: CDC Media Advisory: CDC provides update on respiratory illness affecting children in multiple states Today at 1 pm ET - Enterovirus D68

Thank you, Sharon
 
Re: CDC Media Advisory: CDC provides update on respiratory illness affecting children in multiple states Today at 1 pm ET - Enterovirus D68

Notes:

Please read from bottom up.


FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 7s
Teleconference over.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 16s
Skinner: Suspected #ebola case in Miami #Florida tested negative.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 52s
Schuchat: Too soon to say where all cases are, or if it will spread further. #EV68

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 2m
Schuchat: No rounded number for total case number. A small number of confirmed cases only. #EV68

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 3m
Schuchat: Enteroviruses can cause neurologic conditions, #EV68 has caused in past. No info of this occurring in current outbreak.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 6m
Schuchat: Respiratory illnesses circle the globe...don't know how, or if, #EV68 will spread beyond confirmed clusters.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 7m
Schuchat: New enterovirus - illness lasting about a week..but not sure..still gathering info... #EV68

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 8m
Schuchat: Keep asthma patients up-to-date w/ treatment. Does not recommend aspirin. Keep ill hydrated.(if any trouble breathing - seek help)

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 10m
Schuchat: In Kansas #EV68 cluster - 19 of 22 tested positive, in Chicago cluster - 11 of 14 tested positive.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 11m
Schuchat: More than 1/2 of children with #EV68 in Kansas and Chicago clusters had asthma & wheezing symptoms. Always keep asthma controlled.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 13m
Schuchat: Has no info about a suspected #ebola case in Miami. #EV68

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 13m
Schuchat: Patients with #EV68 are also wheezing..again..if people are having trouble breathing...seek help.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 15m
Schuchat: At this point severe #EV68 cases are more frequently in asthma patients.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 16m
Schuchat: Parents should look for difficulty in breathing - seek help. #EV68

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 18m
Schuchat: Not aware of any neurological aspects to this #EV68 outbreak.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 19m
Schuchat: No adult case of #EV68 confirmed. A lot of common respiratory illness "out there" right now.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 20m
Schuchat: One of the 12 states has a cluster of an illness other than #EV68

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 21m
Schuchat: About 12 states have recently contacted the CDC about #EV68 cases/inquiries.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 22m
Schuchat: Clinicians need to be always alert to respiratory illness b/c of various diseases that are always circulating. #EV68

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 24m
Schuchat: In a stage to where can't say how widespread the #EV68 illness is. Testing ongoing.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 26m
Schuchat: #EV68 is not a reportable disease. Not seeing a nationwide upsurge in respiratory illness reporting.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 27m
Schuchat: Encouraging and offering help to medical practitioners to test for #EV68 if illness is not identified.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 28m
Schuchat: Wash hands frequently & wipe down surfaces - no vaccine #EV68

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 30m
Schuchat: #EV68 spread through respiratory route - no specific treatment - mild cases resolve on their own...asthma is a risk...

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 31m
Connection lost momentarily while Schuchat giving background info in entervovirus ...

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 32m
Schuchat: Situation is developing rapidly. Following closely. In communication w/state public health offices. #EV68

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 33m
Schuchat: This year's #EV68 strain is same as in 2013 per sequencing @CDCgov #EV68
 
Re: CDC Media Advisory: CDC provides update on respiratory illness affecting children in multiple states Today at 1 pm ET - Enterovirus D68

It seems the CDC is not confirming the larger numbers that we are seeing in the media reports.

Maybe we should make a list from the more reliable medias to see what we are looking at. I have to leave for a bit. If someone wants to make a list of states and corresponding suspected cases, please do. :)
 
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