notifiable
adjective
no·ti·fi·able
ˌnō-tə-ˈfī-ə-bəl 
ˈnō-tə-ˌfī-
: required by law to be reported to official health authorities
a notifiable disease
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While measles was first observed and recorded by a Persian doctor in the ninth century, the disease wasn’t a nationally notifiable disease in the United States until 1912, according to the CDC.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
The Protective Power of Vaccination To quantify the impact of vaccines, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Johns Hopkins University digitized all weekly surveillance reports of nationally notifiable diseases for U.S. cities and states published between 1888 and 2011.
—Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Lyme disease has been a nationally notifiable condition since 1991.
—John Drake, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Plague is on the CDC’s list of nationally notifiable diseases, because even a single case prompts the need to assess the risk for additional cases.
—Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Making a disease nationally notifiable results in more patient infections being reported to the CDC, which can help with monitoring disease trends and identifying ways to prevent future illnesses.
—Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
Advocacy groups, including Stop Foodborne Illness, Consumer Reports and the Environmental Working Group, have pushed hard for these changes in the FDA’s food safety program as well as for cronobacter to become a nationally notifiable disease.
—Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
If the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists votes in favor of adding Cronobacter infections to the national list of notifiable diseases, the recommendation will go to the CDC for approval.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 9 May 2023
The action would add infections from cronobacter, the bacteria that sickened four babies and fueled last year’s shortage, to a list of roughly 120 nationally notifiable diseases.
—Kristina Peterson, wsj.com, 8 May 2023
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
The Protective Power of Vaccination To quantify the impact of vaccines, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Johns Hopkins University digitized all weekly surveillance reports of nationally notifiable diseases for U.S. cities and states published between 1888 and 2011.
—Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Lyme disease has been a nationally notifiable condition since 1991.
—John Drake, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Plague is on the CDC’s list of nationally notifiable diseases, because even a single case prompts the need to assess the risk for additional cases.
—Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Making a disease nationally notifiable results in more patient infections being reported to the CDC, which can help with monitoring disease trends and identifying ways to prevent future illnesses.
—Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
Advocacy groups, including Stop Foodborne Illness, Consumer Reports and the Environmental Working Group, have pushed hard for these changes in the FDA’s food safety program as well as for cronobacter to become a nationally notifiable disease.
—Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
If the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists votes in favor of adding Cronobacter infections to the national list of notifiable diseases, the recommendation will go to the CDC for approval.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 9 May 2023
The action would add infections from cronobacter, the bacteria that sickened four babies and fueled last year’s shortage, to a list of roughly 120 nationally notifiable diseases.
—Kristina Peterson, wsj.com, 8 May 2023
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notifiable
adjective
no·ti·fi·able
ˈnōt-ə-ˌfī-ə-bəl, ˌnōt-ə-ˈ
: required by law to be reported to official health authorities
a notifiable disease
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