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Current Issues
We at the Ulster County Health Department realize that
there are health-related issues in the news that concern you. We have
established the following links to help you better understand these issues.
Disaster Distress Helpline Offers Immediate Crisis Counseling
Can Your Kitchen Pass the Food Safety Test?
How to Avoid Getting Sick from Floodwaters
Obesity Related Conditions Cost NYS Residents and Taxpayers $11.8 Billion in 2011
Obesity: Complex but Conquerable
New Institute of Medicine Report Summary
You Have the Power to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Important Legionnaires' Disease Information
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Fact Sheet
New York State Department of Health Fact Sheet
Measles Outbreak Fact Sheet
Measles Outbreak Fact Sheet
Preventing and Getting Rid of Bed Bugs Safely
Bed
Bug Guide
Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk What You Can Do Now
to Help Protect Your Family
View
Recommendations from the President's Cancer Panel
Important Information Regarding Benefits and the
Implementation of the New Federal Affordable Health Care for America Act
Important
Information Regarding Benefits
Where can I get a Seasonal Flu shot?
Check http://www.flucliniclocator.org/
to see if there are any seasonal flu vaccine clinics scheduled at retail
outlets near you.
Obesity in Ulster County
Healthy Eating And Living (HEAL- Ulster County) initiative findings
Flu Information
Fight the Flu! - NYSDOH
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/flu/fight_the_flu.htm
Lyme Disease
Information from the NYS Department of Health
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/environ/lyme/home.htm
Rabies
Information from the NYS Department of Health
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/rabies/rabies.htm
Anti-smoking Information
NYS Clean Indoor Air Act
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/clean_indoor_air_act/index.htm
Bird Flu
Centers for Disease Control - Avian Influenza
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/
Bird Flu Information from Medicine Plus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/birdflu.html
Public Health Preparedness
Bioterrorism Readines from the NYS Health
Department
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/bt/bt.htm
Information from the Center for Disease Control
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/
American College of Physicians
http://www.acponline.org/bioterro/
Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense
http://www.hopkins-biodefense.org/faq.html
Infectious Diseases Society of America
http://www.idsociety.org
US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
http://www.usamriid.army.mil/education/bluebook.html
If you have specific questions about an issue please
call us.
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