Illness

- Flu Prevention
Find out what you can do to protect yourself from getting the flu.

- Cold and Flu Season
Colds and cough season is just around the corner. Here's what you need to know. Using antibiotics for colds, mild coughs, and even green snotty noses can actually be harmful to your child's health!

- Protecting Yourself from Infectious Diseases
Good health habits are important in helping your body keep up its defenses against communicable disease as well as maintaining your overall health and sense of well being.

Other Related Pages

- Disease Control - Overview
The Health Department, Bureau of Disease Control, provides an overview programs and services include combatting communicable diseases and promoting cancer prevention.

- Head Lice
Head lice are parasites - very small bugs. They live on the head and the hair of the head. Sometimes you find them in eyebrows, eyelashes, and beards.

- Kids and Colds
Many parents are surprised to find out their kids can catch 3 to 12 colds a year! The good news? Colds are caused by viruses and they go away "on their own."

- Kids and Ear Infections
Next to a cold, an ear infection is the most common childhood illness. In fact, most kids have at least one ear infection by the time they are 3 years old. An ear infection develops when fluid in the middle ear (the inside part of the ear behind the eardrum) becomes infected by bacteria or a virus.

- Kids and Sore Throats
A sore throat can be caused by an infection due to a virus or bacteria. Most of the time a sore throat is part of a viral illness like a cold. Less often, it can be due to a strep infection. Antibiotics can cure strep throat because it is a bacterial infection. However, antibiotics will not work for sore throats from colds or the flu.

- Use Antibiotics Wisely
The Health Department offers these tips on the wise use of antibiotics.

- West Nile Virus Fact Sheet
You can download a fact sheet on West Nile virurs, tips on eliminating mosquitos and report a dead bird from this Health Department page.

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