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Mashup Score: 242
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, January 10, 2025 SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) announced today that a presumptive case of H5N1 bird flu has been identified in a San Francisco resident. The individual is a child who experienced symptoms of fever and conjunctivitis but did not need to be hospitalized and has since fully recovered. The risk to the general public remains low as there is currently no evidence of person-to-person transmission. SFDPH is encouraging people
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Mashup Score: 20Sexual Health Prevention Tool Associated with Declines in Sexually Transmitted Infections in San Francisco | San Francisco - 7 month(s) ago
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) analysis has demonstrated that the number of chlamydia and early syphilis infections in San Francisco among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women declined sharply after the Department released guidelines for the use of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxy-PEP), an antibiot ic taken after sex. The findings were presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections today in Denver, Colorado.
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3. These guidelines were finalized after careful consideration of comments we received from the public & experts (thanks to many of you for sharing thoughts), & advances in scientific evidence, like @SF_DPH's analysis after implementing doxy PEP: https://t.co/GsornlAY1T
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San Fransisco Dept of Public Health reports finding an #H5N1 #birdflu case in a child with no clear link to exposure to the virus. The @CDCgov still must confirm the positive test. Child had mild illness, has recovered. https://t.co/Fh7exs9X0D