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Arizona’s Experience with Cryptosporidiosis Highlighted during Healthy and Safe Swimming Week
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Arizona’s Experience with Cryptosporidiosis Highlighted during Healthy and Safe Swimming Week

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Arizona’s Experience with Cryptosporidiosis Highlighted during Healthy and Safe Swimming Week

By Cara Christ|2017-05-22T08:40:06-07:00May 22nd, 2017|Preparedness|

In observance of Healthy and Safe Swimming Week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a report last week in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) highlighting three states’ experiences with outbreaks of Cryptosporidiosis last summer. Cryptosporidiosis is a gastrointestinal illness caused by the parasite Cryptosporidium, which causes profuse, watery diarrhea lasting up [...]

2016 Healthy Swimming Poster Contest Winner Announced

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:48:44-07:00July 27th, 2016|Preparedness|

Amal, age 17, Maricopa County The Office of Infectious Disease just concluded its fifth annual Healthy Swimming Contest . This year, 50 healthy swimming posters were submitted from Arizona kids ranging in ages from two to 17 years old. All posters submitted suggested ways to swim healthy and avoid getting a recreational water [...]

Swim Safe AZ!

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:25-07:00May 17th, 2013|Prevention|

National Recreational Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week is coming up next week. Healthy swimming depends on paying attention to basic health, hygiene, sun-safety, and what swimmers bring into the pool (and what they don’t). For starters, remind your kids to take a sunscreen, hydration, and bathroom break every hour when swimming. You might also want to start [...]