This alert is to notify providers, facilities, and laboratories of amendments, additions, and deletions to the Reportable Disease Rule. In accordance with the provisions of Legislative Rule 64CSR7, Reportable Disease, Events and Conditions, the Bureau of Public Health has approved the following changes effective immediately:
- Candida auris (C.auris) has been added as a Category II Condition that should be reported to the local health department within 24 hours.
- Alpha-gal Syndrome (AGS) has been added as a Category V Condition that should be reported to the state Bureau for Public Health within one week of diagnosis.
- SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) related deaths are now only reportable in an individual less than 18 years of age. Pediatric COVID-19 related deaths are a Category IV Condition that should be reported to the local health department within one week.
- Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) is now a Category II Condition that should be reported to the local health department within 24 hours.
- SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), laboratory evidence of acute infection by polymerase chain reaction is now only reportable through electronic laboratory reporting to the West Virginia Electronic Disease Surveillance System (WVEDSS).
- Updated language from Carbapenem-Resistant Enteroacterale to Carbapenem-Resistant Organisms and Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms. Carbapenem-Resistant and/or Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms (Enterobacterale, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) remain a Category IV Condition that should be reported to the local health department within one week.
Changes to the Reportable Disease Rule are necessary to update our reportable diseases and conditions list in accordance with current science and national surveillance policy. For any questions, please contact the Epidemiologist on-call at (304) 558-5358, extension 2.
Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department
1500 Chapline Street, Room 106
Wheeling, WV 26003
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Howard Gamble, MPH, LHA
Administration
(304) 234-3682
(304) 830-0420
[email protected]
Elizabeth Fowler, RN, BSN
Nursing Director
(304) 234-3682
[email protected]
Lock Johnson, RS
Chief Inspector-Environmental
(304) 234-3682
[email protected]
Savannah Lowe, MS, RD, LD
Nutrition Director
(304) 234-3888
[email protected]
Wayland Harris, EMT-P
Threat Preparedness Director
(304) 234-3682
[email protected]
William C Mercer, MD
Project HOPE Program
(304) 234-3682
[email protected]
Posted 07/09/25
WHEELING, WV – The Ohio County Rabies Vaccination Clinics will begin on July 7, 2025 and will continue to July 11th. The clinics, sponsored by the Ohio County Animal Control & the Ohio County Dog Warden, are for the vaccination of family pets (cats and/or dogs only). The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department urges all Ohio County pet owners to take advantage of this low cost clinic and get their family pet vaccinated against rabies. Clinics are operated from 5:00pm -7:00pm and all anim...
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