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Dec 5, 20231 min read
12/05/23 Public Health Topic: HIV/AIDS
HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. It weakens a person’s immune system by destroying important cells that fight disease and...
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Dec 1, 20232 min read
12/01/23 Public Health Education Topic: Smoking
Smoking leads to disease and disability and harms nearly every organ of the body. More than 16 million Americans are living with a...
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Nov 28, 20232 min read
11/28/23 Public Health Education Topic: E-Cigarettes (Vaping)
What are e-cigarettes? E-cigarettes come in many shapes and sizes. Most have a battery, a heating element, and a place to hold a liquid....
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Nov 24, 20231 min read
11/24/23 Public Health Education Topic: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Classic CJD is a human prion disease. It is a neurodegenerative disorder with characteristic clinical and diagnostic features. This...
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Health Department
Nov 21, 20231 min read
11/21/23 Public Health Education Topic: Chronic Wasting Disease
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease that affects deer, elk, reindeer, sika deer and moose. It has been found in some areas...
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Nov 17, 20231 min read
11/17/23 Public Health Education Topic: Antibiotic Use
What is an antibiotic? Antibiotics are medicines that fight infections caused by bacteria in humans and animals by either killing the...
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