It’s that time again, where smokers get the opportunity to make a pledge to quit smoking for a day. The decision to quit smoking can be challenging, but this day, The Great American SmokeOut, can be your first step towards a healthier lifestyle. Smoking is the most preventable cause of ...
Public Health Nurse, Judy Gwozdek, giving a flu shot What happened to summer? Can it be true, it's flu vaccine time again? Did you know that this year the predicted most common strains of influenza are the same as last year? However, that doesn't mean you shouldn't receive a vaccination if ...
Rose*, an African American woman in her mid-50s, used to look out her apartment window and watch as shoppers bought fresh produce at the Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers’ Market directly across the street from her building. As a diabetic, she knew that eating fruits and vegetables was important, but she never ...
University of Michigan student Frederick Dunbar isn’t just happy to be out of the hospital after a two-week stay due to the swine flu — he’s happy he’s alive. Dunbar, 25, said Tuesday a bad case of the H1N1 virus left him almost completely incapacitated in an intensive care unit ...
The Washtenaw County Public Health Department says lab-confirmed cases of influenza are increasing rapidly among local residents as peak flu season hits. A total of eight people were hospitalized due to the flu during the week of Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, the department said. The highest rates of the ...
Young people in Washtenaw and Livingston counties have higher high school graduation rates than averages in the rest of the state and the U.S. But what’s also significantly higher for this group of 12- to 17-year-olds? Their use of both alcohol and marijuana when compared to the rest of the ...
The first case of influenza has been confirmed in Washtenaw County, the county Public Health Department announced today. “The individual had traveled over Thanksgiving and returned home,” said Susan Cerniglia, public information officer for the Health Department. “Around the state, multiple cases have been confirmed. We’re definitely starting to see ...
Whooping cough has become an epidemic in Washtenaw County, with the number cases on record this year approaching 200 — 10 times higher than what’s considered normal for the area. The bacterial disease of the upper respiratory tract is known as whooping cough due to the "whoop" sound those with ...
Norovirus is the culprit that recently sickened dozens of University of Michigan sorority members, the Washtenaw County Health Department confirmed Wednesday. And this is the time of year those outbreaks tend to happen due to people spending more time indoors and more time together at festive gatherings, said Susan Cerniglia, ...
In light of a recent increase in bed bugs in Washtenaw County and across the nation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday launched an online, searchable database of registered bed bug products to help consumers dealing with an infestation find an appropriate treatment. The database includes the names of about 300 registered ...
The Washtenaw County Public Health Department will host its third annual drive-through flu shot clinic for area residents who want the vaccine in a hurry. The all-in-one flu shot will be administered to people in their own vehicles from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 30 in a drive-through garage ...
Officials with the Washtenaw County Public Health Department say reports of bed bugs in the area are on the rise, due in part to resistant bugs and the increasingly transient lifestyles of humans. At least one apartment complex in the area catering to University of Michigan students treated four apartments in ...
An Ann Arbor Tappan Middle School student was recently diagnosed with pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, according to a letter sent from the Washtenaw County Public Health Department to the school. And officials say it's one more case in a county-wide "epidemic." According to the release, pertussis is "highly contagious" and can ...
Ann Arbor area residents are asked to join the Coalition for Infant Mortality Reduction in its 3X More Likely campaign to raise awareness of the racial disparities in infant mortality rates. According to a Washtenaw County Public Health Department news release, African American babies are three times more likely to ...
Whooping cough has become a Washtenaw County epidemic. And with the start of the school year, public health officials are sounding the warning that the highly contagious bacterial disease could gain even more momentum.
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