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CDC confirms first U.S. cases of imported MERS Officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported on May 2 that the first U.S.
case of imported Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or MERS was confirmed in a health care
worker who had traveled from Saudi Arabia to Indiana.After completing additional and
more definitive laboratory tests, CDC officials have concluded that the Indiana MERS
patient did not spread the virus to an Illinois associate during a business meeting they
had before the patient became ill and was hospitalized. This underscores indications
that transmission of reported MERS cases has occurred through prolonged exposures of
health care workers and patients, or between care providers and patients.
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Aldous to head Disease Control Division The State Hygienic Laboratory announced on May 21 that Lt. Col. Wade
Aldous, Ph.D., has accepted the position of director of the agency’s Disease Control
Division. Aldous is Chief of Microbiology for the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and
School in San Antonio, Texas. He is expected to join the Hygienic Lab in July after
fulfilling his military obligations.
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Iowa and New Hampshire host conferences Environmental and public health practitioners met in Ankeny on April
28 to consider how Iowa’s environmental health system can be improved to address community
environmental concerns. The State Hygienic Laboratory hosted the Environmental Health
Conference, “Improving Environmental Health through Innovation, Practice and Policy,” which
was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Association of Public
Health Laboratories.
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Chemist uses photography skills to mark history On a cold and windy Thursday in May, Andrea Berg stepped into the
bucket of a boom truck and was lifted high above a bridge on U.S. Highway 65, just south of
Collins, Iowa. Waiting patiently below was a group of Collins residents and elementary
through high school students from the Collins- Maxwell Community School District.
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Photo feature - Drill practices preparedness Members of the Hygienic Laboratory Emergency Preparedness team joined firefighters,
HazMat units and paramedics to test their responses to a mock chemical threat as
part of drill organized by the 71st Civil Support Team.
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