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02/25/25 Public Health Education Topic: Babesiosis
Per CDC: Key points Babesiosis is a disease caused by a parasite that infects red blood cells. It spreads through tick bites, primarily...
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Feb 251 min read
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02/21/25 Public Health Education Topic: Anaplasmosis
Per CDC: Key points Anaplasmosis is a disease caused by the bacteria Anaplasma phagocytophilum primarily spread to people by the bite of...
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Feb 211 min read
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02/18/25 Public Health Education Topic: Tuberculosis
Per CDC: Key points Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Two TB-related conditions exist:...
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Feb 181 min read
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02/14/25 Public Health Education Topic: Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
Per CDC: VHF - At a Glance Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a group of diseases that are caused by several distinct families of...
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Feb 141 min read
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Berkeley & Morgan County Health Departments: President's Day Closing Schedule
Our Berkeley County Health Department and Morgan County Health Department offices will be closed on Monday, February 17, 2025, for...
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Feb 131 min read
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Berkeley and Morgan County Health Departments Delayed Opening on 2/12/25
Due to inclement weather our Berkeley County Health Department and Morgan County Health Department offices will open at 10:30am on...
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Feb 121 min read
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02/11/25 Public Health Education Topic: Psittacosis
Per CDC: Psittacosis is a disease caused by bacteria called Chlamydia psittaci . These bacteria infect birds more often than people. Up...
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Feb 111 min read
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02/07/25 Public Health Education Topic: MERS
Per CDC: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus called Middle East respiratory...
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Feb 71 min read
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Berkeley County Health Department: Currently Accepting Cleaning Contract Bids
B erkeley County Health Department is currently accepting bids for a cleaning contract for the cleaning of an 11, 000 square foot office...
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Feb 61 min read
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Bonnie's Bus is coming back to the Eastern Panhandle!
Ranson: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 Martinsburg: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 &Thursday, March 6, 2025 Berkeley Springs: Friday, March 7, 2025...
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Feb 61 min read
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02/04/25 Public Health Education Topic: Ebola
Per CDC: Ebola Disease Basics Key points Ebola disease is caused by an infection with an orthoebolavirus. Orthoebolaviruses are found...
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Feb 42 min read
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01/31/25 Public Health Education Topic: Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)
Per CDC: Key points Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is an uncommon but serious neurologic condition. It causes the muscles and reflexes in...
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Jan 311 min read
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01/28/25 Public Health Education Topic: Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Per CDC: At a glance Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), also known as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), are very common....
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Jan 281 min read
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01/24/25 Public Health Education Topic: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Per CDC: Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) an infection of a woman's reproductive organs. It is a complication often caused by some STIs,...
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Jan 242 min read
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01/21/25 Public Health Education Topic: Tularemia
Per CDC: Tularemia is a disease that can infect animals and people. Rabbits, hares, and rodents are especially susceptible and often die...
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Jan 211 min read
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01/17/25 Public Health Education Topic: MPOX
Per CDC: At a glance Mpox is a disease caused by a virus in the same family as the virus that causes smallpox. People with mpox often get...
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Jan 172 min read
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01/14/25 Public Health Education Topic: Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE)
Per CDC: Enterobacterales are a group of bacteria (germs) that are a normal part of the human and animal gut but can also cause...
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Jan 141 min read
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01/10/25 Public Health Education Topic: Cancer
Per CDC, you can lower your risk of getting many common kinds of cancer by making healthy choices. Screening tests can find some...
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Jan 101 min read
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Our 2024 Year in Review Newsletter! Hot off the presses!
2024 was certainly one for the books! So, we have decided to share some of what our team has been up to with you! From community...
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Jan 71 min read
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01/07/25 Public Education Topic: Hantavirus
Per CDC: Hantaviruses can infect and cause serious disease in people worldwide. People get hantavirus from contact with rodents like rats...
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Jan 71 min read
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