Notes from the Field: Lead and Cadmium Exposure in Electronic Recyclers --- Two States, 2015 and 2017

Published on February 21, 2019

In 2012, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) became aware of the potential for occupational and take-home exposures to lead and cadmium in the electronics recycling industry and contacted electronics industry stakeholders to discuss these exposures and provide information about NIOSH's ability to investigate workplace hazards.

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Transmission Patterns in a Low HIV-Morbidity State --- Wisconsin, 2014--2017

February 14, 2019
Most human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) molecular linkages in Wisconsin were among persons within the same racial/ethnic, risk, and age groups. Among named partner linkages where both persons had an HIV virus sequence available, 33.8% also had a molecular linkage and were deemed plausible transmission partners.

Notes from the Field: Measles Outbreak in an Era of Stricter Immunization Requirements --- California, March 2018

February 28, 2019
On March 4, 2018, an unvaccinated adolescent boy, aged 15 years, who had recently returned from England and Wales, where measles outbreaks were occurring, was evaluated by a physician for fever, cough, coryza, conjunctivitis, Koplik spots, and rash. Measles virus nucleic acid was detected in an oropharyngeal swab and in urine tested at the Santa Clara County (California) Public Health Department.