Articles tagged:infection

Posted: Sat Jul 31 6 a.m. by Tina Reed
Washtenaw County Health Department: Watch out for whooping cough

It might start with what seems like a common cold. But whooping cough can soon develop into a illness with fits of uncontrollable coughing that persist for weeks.

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Posted: Sun Jul 18 6:02 a.m. by Tina Reed
How a checklist saved lives at Ann Arbor area hospitals

In one of the long corridors of St. Joseph Mercy Hospital's intensive care units, a group of medical staff huddled outside a patient's room for morning rounds.They were meeting, the way they do every day, to discuss the progress of their patients and plan for the day ahead. And this ...

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Posted: Fri Mar 19 4:15 p.m. by Tina Reed
Washtenaw County residents among those sickened in bacterial outbreak; state investigates suspected link to raw milk

Michigan health officials are warning residents not to consume raw dairy products after an outbreak of campylobacter infections - including four in Washtenaw County. The alert says eight people have been sickened since March after consuming raw milk products from the Family Farms Cooperative in Vandalia, Mich. The cooperative has ...

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