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Is our community healthy? 7 years, 6 months agoWhat… This can’t be!
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Diseases Spread by Humans, Animals and Insects 7 years, 6 months agoAre you baking holiday cookies?
Say No To Raw Dough!
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Is our community healthy? 7 years, 7 months agoStopping the “Invisible Killer”
Author:
Becki Willmer, CSN
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Cold weather easily brings to mind hot chocolate, roaring fires, and snowmen, but the winter months also bring an increase in carbon monoxide poisonings….Every year in the United States, carbon monoxide poisoning is responsible for more than 430 deaths and…[Read more]-
This is a good reminder, thanks Lynn
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Diseases Spread by Humans, Animals and Insects 7 years, 7 months agoAsian Longhorned Tick Spreading Widely in U.S.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with public health, agricultural, and academic experts to understand the possible threat posed by the spread of the Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) in several U.S. states since its discovery in 2017, according to today’s M…[Read more]
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The part of this that is most concerning to me is the possibility that human disease will be transmitted by this tick.
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A National Veterinary Services Laboratory test has confirmed the presence of the Haemaphysalis longicornis tick, also known as the East Asian tick, the longhorned tick, and the bush tick, in Maryland. This is the first confirmed sighting of this tick species in the state. The longhorned tick was found on a white-tailed deer in Washington County…[Read more]
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Is our community healthy? 7 years, 7 months agoI like your measures! What is the reason for the bump in number of medicaid enrollees in July 2018?
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I made a mistake in entering the data so there was no jump. I do want to talk to Aaron about the steady decline in numbers enrolled in MA and get his thoughts on why. Are more people getting commercial insurance?
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Lynn Kane posted an update in the group
Diseases Spread by Humans, Animals and Insects 7 years, 7 months agoHave you been hearing about a fairly new infection that is causing paralysis in children.
Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a rare but serious condition. It affects the nervous system and causes the muscles and reflexes in the body to become weak. CDC has been thoroughly investigating the AFM cases that have occurred since 2014, when we first noted…[Read more] - Load More
Here is what I learned regarding recent suicide statistics after reading the article in your link:
“Most notable is the widening gap between urban and rural Americans. Suicide rates in the most rural counties are now nearly double those in the most urban counties.”
Rural health requires special attention.