Cold, snowy weather may soon settle in Kanawha and Putnam Counties. “With cold weather comes the possibility of health problems,” said officials for the Kanawha and Putnam health departments. “We enjoy West Virginia because of the change in seasons, but we need to protect our health.”
Archives for December 2018
Update—Outbreak of Life-threatening Coagulopathy Associated with Synthetic Cannabinoids Use
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing information on: 1) the current status of a multistate outbreak of coagulopathy from exposure to synthetic cannabinoid products containing a vitamin K-epoxide cycle antagonist, brodifacoum; 2) the emergence of 2 new clinical scenarios; and 3) recommendations to help clinicians make decisions related to these 2 new clinical scenarios.
This is an update to the Health Alert Network (HAN) advisory released on May 25, 2018 titled Outbreak of Life-threatening Coagulopathy Associated with Synthetic Cannabinoids Use (https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/han00410.asp).