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09/06/24 Public Health Education Topic: Meningococcal Disease
Per CDC: Meningococcal disease is a name for any infection caused by bacteria called Neisseria meningitidis . Key points Meningococcal...
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Sep 6, 20241 min read
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09/03/24 Public Health Education Topic: Meningitis
Per CDC: Key Points Meningitis is inflammation (swelling) of the lining of the brain and spinal cord. Many different things can cause...
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Sep 3, 20241 min read
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08/30/24 Public Health Education Topic: Measles
Per CDC: Measles can cause serious health complications, especially in children younger than 5 years old. Measles is highly contagious....
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Aug 30, 20241 min read
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08/27/24 Public Health Education Topic: Haemophilus Influenzae
Per CDC: Key points Bacteria called Haemophilus influenzae can cause many types of infections. Some of these infections are mild, while...
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Aug 27, 20241 min read
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08/23/24 Public Health Education Topic: Group B Strep
Per CDC: Key points Group B Streptococcus (group B strep, GBS) bacteria cause GBS disease. GBS disease includes many types of...
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Aug 23, 20241 min read
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08/20/24 Public Health Education Topic: Chickenpox/Varicella
Per CDC: Chickenpox is very contagious. Symptoms include an itchy, blister-like rash in addition to other symptoms. Chickenpox illness...
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Aug 20, 20241 min read
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08/16/24 Public Health Education Topic: Diphtheria
Per CDC: Diphtheria is a name for any illness caused by a toxin produced by some strains of C. diphtheriae . Diphtheria toxin, rather...
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Aug 16, 20241 min read
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08/13/24 Public Health Education Topic: Q Fever
Per CDC: Q fever is a disease caused by the bacteria Coxiella burnetii. These bacteria naturally infect some animals, such as goats,...
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Aug 13, 20241 min read
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Mosquitoes: What to Do After a Hurricane or Flood
Per CDC: Key points Adult mosquitoes do not generally survive high winds during a hurricane. Immediately after a hurricane, nuisance...
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Aug 9, 20241 min read
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08/09/24 Public Health Education Topic: Plague
Per CDC: Key points Plague is a potentially life-threatening disease caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis. Plague occurs naturally in...
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Aug 9, 20241 min read
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CDC HEALTH UPDATE: CDC HAN-00513 Mpox Caused by Human-to-Human Transmission of Monkeypox Virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with Spread to Neighboring Countries.
Summary The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Update to provide...
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Aug 8, 20243 min read
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Berkeley County Health Department Facility Expansion Project Groundbreaking Held
We were blessed to be joined today by representatives from the Berkeley County Commission - WV, the Berkeley-Morgan Board of Health,...
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Aug 2, 20241 min read
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08/02/24 Public Health Education Topic: Leptospirosis
Per CDC: Key points Leptospirosis is a disease caused by bacteria that affects people and animals. It's spread in the urine (pee) of...
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Aug 2, 20242 min read
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07/30/24 Public Health Education Topic: Hepatitis E
Per CDC: Hepatitis E is a liver infection caused by HEV. Most people with hepatitis E fully recover and have no long-term liver problems...
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Jul 30, 20241 min read
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07/26/24 Public Health Education Topic: Hepatitis D
Per CDC: Hepatitis D is a liver infection caused by HDV. HDV is known as a "satellite virus" because it can only infect people who are...
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Jul 26, 20241 min read
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07/23/24 Public Health Education Topic: Perinatal Hepatitis C
Information from the West Virginia Office of Epidemiology and Prevention Services: Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis...
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Jul 23, 20241 min read
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Back to School
It's that time of year! Time to schedule your child's back to school immunizations. Per the West Virginia Department of Health -...
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Jul 23, 20241 min read
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07/19/24 Public Health Education Topic: Hepatitis C
Per CDC: Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by HCV. Hepatitis C can range from a mild illness lasting a few weeks to a serious,...
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Jul 19, 20241 min read
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07/16/24 Public Health Education Topic: Hepatitis B, Perinatal
Per CDC: What is hepatitis B? Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus. When babies become infected with...
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Jul 16, 20241 min read
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07/12/24 Public Health Education Topic: Hepatitis B
Per the CDC: Hepatitis B is a vaccine-preventable liver infection caused by HBV. HBV is transmitted when blood, semen, or another body...
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Jul 12, 20242 min read
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