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📰 Recent Releases
Clinician Letter: Updates on Mpox in Viginia
Clinician Letter: Updates on Mpox in Viginia
August 12 2025
As of August 11, 2025, 19 mpox cases have been reported to VDH this year. For comparison, Virginia had 27 cases in 2024.
A concerning spike occurred this July with 11 cases from three of the five health planning regions (seven in the Northern region, three in Central, and one in Southwest). Among the 2025 cases with available information, six of 17 (35%) were in people who recently traveled. This suggests that most infections were locally acquired. Learn more.
📌 Social Media Highlights
📌 Social Media Highlights
The Office of Vital Records is Moving
The Office of Vital Records is Moving
The Office of Vital Records is moving to a new location and will be closed from September 8–15.
During that time, the vital records office will still receive online, expedited, and mailed-in requests, but these requests will not be processed until the office reopens on September 16.
Thank you for your patience!
💡 Resource Updates
💡 Resource Updates
Use this fact sheet to share some key tips that will help keep children safe and healthy throughout the school year.
🎙️Available in English
📌 Find in Accident Prevention + Maternal + Child Health
💡 Share with community partners.
Added 08.14.25
Use this CDC handout to educate students, families, and school staff on how to stop the spread of germs at schools.
🎙️ Available in English
📌 Find in Maternal + Child Health
💡Share with schools and community partners
Added 8.11.25
Visit this site to explore a range of social media and other digital advertisements to increase awareness of, confidence in, and uptake of vaccines that reduce severe illness from flu, COVID-19, and RSV in at-risk populations.
🎙️Available in English +Arabic, Chinese (simplified and traditional), English, Filipino, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese
📌 Find in Immunization + Vaccination
💡 Share on social media, in emails and newsletters, and use for community outreach.
Languages added: 08.14.25
The CDC Free Mind campaign was created to raise awareness about the connection between youth substance use and mental health. includes social media graphics, PSA templates and fact sheets.
🎙️ Available in English
📌 Find in Drugs + Alcohol + Mental Health
💡Share on social media and in newsletters and share with partners.
Added: 8.14.25
These social media graphics debunk false claims about vaccines causing autism. They help explain where the false claim originated, why it’s untrue, and why parents and caregivers should ensure their children are up-to-date with their vaccines.
🎙️ Available in English + Spanish
📌 Find in Immunization/Vaccination
💡Share on social media and in newsletters.
Added: 8.14.25
This AdCouncil toolkit contains PSAs, social media assets and posy copy, flyers and helpful tips to engage your partners and your community.
🎙️ Available in English + Spanish
📌 Find in Brain Health
💡Share in newsletters, emails, and with community partners.
Added: 8.13.25
These resources from ASTHO will help health agencies translate complex information into accessible messages that empower individuals and communities to take action during infectious disease emergencies. Main topics covered are data, surveillance, and forecasting and community mitigation.
🎙️Available in English
📌 Find in Public Health
💡 Bookmark to use as a resource.
Added 8.14.25
CDC has a variety of resources about how you can be exposed to PFAS and how to reduce PFAS exposure.
🎙️ Available in English + Spanish
📌 Find in Household Safety + Water Safety
💡Share in newsletters, emails, and with community partners.
Added: 8.12.25
EPA has developed this toolkit to with communicate about PFAS, and about EPA’s new drinking water limits on certain PFAS. Toolkit includes videos, social media, fact sheets, and more.
🎙️ Available in English
📌 Find in Water Safety
💡Share with schools and community partners
Added 8.12.25
🗓️ Upcoming Meetings
🗓️ Upcoming Meetings
Communications Workgroup Meeting
Communications Workgroup Meeting
Wednesday, August 20, 3-4 PM
Meeting Highlights:
Vaccine Messaging
National Preparedness Month
💻Other Updates
💻Other Updates
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