Frequently Asked Questions

• Anthrax

• Avian Flu (Bird Flu)

  • Avian Influenza - Michigan Department of Community Health

• Bedbugs

  • Bedbugs - Michigan Department of Community Health

• Birth Control & Pregnancy

• Booster Seats

• Botulism

• Brucellosis

• Bug Spray

• Campylobacter

• Carbon Monoxide

• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

• Children's Special Health Care Services

• Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

• Diabetes

• E. Coli

• E. Coli & Ground Beef

• Eastern Equine Encephalitis

• Extreme Heat & Cold

• Fecal Coliform Bacteria in Stream/River Water

• Fifth's Disease

• Finding Help During Tough Times

• Flooded Water Well

• Flu (Influenza)

  • Preventing the Flu

  • Seasonal Flu

  • H1N1 Flu

  • 10 Things You Need to Know About H1N1 Flu

  • CDC H1N1 Flu Information

• Food Safety

  • Cooking - Safe Food Temperatures

  • Fruit and Vegetable Food Safety

  • When to Keep it and When to Toss it

• Hand Washing and Germs

• Head lice 

  • (CDC - chemical treatments for lice)

• Hepatitis - A,B,C,D and E - (CDC Web site)

• Hepatitis A - Frequently Asked Questions

• Hygiene (Good Hygiene Can Limit the Spread of Communicable Diseases)

• Lyme Disease

  • Lyme Disease - Michigan Department of Community Health

• Medication - Proper Disposal DEQ

• Medication - Proper Disposal

• Meningitis

• Mercury Exposure

• Mold

• MRSA

• MRSA and Schools

• Mumps

• Norovirus

  • CDC Norovirus Page

  • Guidelines for Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection of Norovirus

• Pandemic Flu

• Pertussis

• Plague

• Power Outage - Food and Water

• Power Outage - Other Concerns

• Rabies (Animal Bites)

  • Rabies - Michigan Department of Community Health

• Radon

• Relenza

• Ricin

• Ringworm

• Rotavirus

• Salmonella

• Septic Systems

• Shigella

• Smallpox

• Smoke Free Law

  • Additional Information

• Staph

• STD's

• STD's, Condoms, & Sex

• Swimmer's Itch

• Tamiflu

• Tornado Safety

• Tuberculosis (TB)

• Tularemia

• Turkey Tips (Including Deep Frying)

• Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF)

• Waterborne Illness

• West Nile Virus

  • West Nile - Michigan Department of Community Health

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