MERS-CoV is a respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus. It is believed that the virus is spread through an infected person’s respiratory secretions, but the exact method of infection is not yet known.
On September 16, 2014, Governor Cuomo signed a bill that would go in to effect on December 15, 2014, allowing physicians and nurse practitioners to authorize registered nurses, when appropriate, to...
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe, often fatal illness that can have a fatality rate of 60-90%. Ebola outbreaks have occurred primarily in remote areas in Central and West Africa near tropical...
The purpose of this advisory is to call your attention to important guidelines for the safe use of insulin pens. Recently, two facilities in New York State discovered that insulin pens, designed for...
The anemia drug peginesatide (Omontys, Affymax and Takeda Pharmaceuticals) has been voluntarily recalled by the manufacturers, after reports of anaphylaxis leading to 3 deaths, the US Food and Drug...
On Friday, Aug. 22, Ellis Medicine closed a number of units and most surgical services at Bellevue Woman's Center. Despite initially announcing these cuts would take place in December, Ellis dramatically moved up the timeline, leaving the community with little time to respond and making it harder to access essential maternal and child health services.
