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Our Disease Detectives are at it Again
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Our Disease Detectives are at it Again

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Our Disease Detectives are at it Again

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:10-07:00September 4th, 2015|General|

Our epidemiologists and food safety specialists have been hard at work, alongside partners at the county health departments, CDC, and FDA to investigate a large national Salmonella outbreak. As of today, a total of 66 cases of Salmonella Poona have been reported in 6 counties in Arizona. Many of these cases (75%) are in children [...]

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Nationally Recognized Empower Program Expands
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Nationally Recognized Empower Program Expands

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Nationally Recognized Empower Program Expands

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:10-07:00August 31st, 2015|General|

The reach of Arizona’s Empower Program is expanding to home visiting. The voluntary program was created in 2010 to support licensed Early Care and Education providers. The goal: to empower young children to live a healthy lifestyle. Some of our empowering tips include less screen time for kids, increased physical activity and healthier mealtime foods. [...]

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Arizona’s Surveillance System Goes International
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Arizona’s Surveillance System Goes International

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Arizona’s Surveillance System Goes International

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:10-07:00August 21st, 2015|General|

The ADHS MEDSIS Program and Tuberculosis Control Program have teamed up to enhance the already unique relationship with our Sonoran Public Health counterparts. As of June 25, we welcomed CureTB, an international referral agency, onto MEDSIS. The ADHS TB Control Program and Office of Border Health has a long standing relationship working with CureTB in following TB cases and contacts across international [...]

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Healthy People Building Healthy Communities Across Arizona
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Healthy People Building Healthy Communities Across Arizona

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Healthy People Building Healthy Communities Across Arizona

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:10-07:00August 20th, 2015|General|

The Arizona Health Improvement Plan (AzHIP) Steering Committee, an advisory group of 20 statewide leaders (which I'm fortunate to co-chair), met last week to discuss progress on the working draft for the AzHIP and Arizona's leading health priorities. As a refresher, the purpose of the Arizona Health Improvement Plan is to move the dial on important [...]

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Celebrate National Immunization Awareness Month
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Celebrate National Immunization Awareness Month

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Celebrate National Immunization Awareness Month

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:10-07:00August 17th, 2015|General|

Each year in August National Immunization Awareness Month provides an opportunity to highlight the value of immunization across the lifespan. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) immunizations are one of the top 10 public health accomplishments of the 20th century. While immunizations have significantly reduced the incidence of many serious infectious diseases, vaccination rates [...]

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Blood Lead Screening to Identify at Risk Children
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Blood Lead Screening to Identify at Risk Children

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Blood Lead Screening to Identify at Risk Children

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:10-07:00August 13th, 2015|General|

In Arizona more than 800 children each year are identified with elevated blood lead levels (EBLL). Even at low blood lead levels, children’s intelligence, behavior, hearing and growth can be irreparably damaged. Most children will not have any symptoms. The only way to detect lead poisoning is through a blood test. All children living in high-risk [...]

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Coordinated Action to Reduce Antibiotic Resistance
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Coordinated Action to Reduce Antibiotic Resistance

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Coordinated Action to Reduce Antibiotic Resistance

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:12-07:00August 5th, 2015|General, Prevention|

Inappropriate use of antibiotics can result in antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which can cause devastating infections and death in people. However, if actions and interventions are implemented now, we can rewrite this story of resistance. According to the CDC, preventing these infections and improving antibiotic prescribing could save 37,000 lives from drug resistant infections over 5 years. By reducing [...]

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Loving Support Gold Award of Excellence to Yavapai County
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Loving Support Gold Award of Excellence to Yavapai County

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Loving Support Gold Award of Excellence to Yavapai County

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:12-07:00August 4th, 2015|General, Prevention|

Director Cara M. Christ, MD, (center), along with WIC Breastfeeding Coordinator Anne Whitmire, PHS Assistant Director Sheila Sjolander and Nutrition and Community Services Manager Linda Yee, present the award to Yavapai WIC Director Willa Miller (far right). Congratulations to Yavapai County Community Health Services WIC Program. They will be recognized for their [...]

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Arizona to be featured by @FDAFood on Twitter
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Arizona to be featured by @FDAFood on Twitter

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Arizona to be featured by @FDAFood on Twitter

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:12-07:00August 3rd, 2015|General, Preparedness|

The Food and Drug Administration’s 50 State Food Safety Twitter Tour is underway and Arizona will be featured on August 4th. This tour aims to encourage engagement through social media by promoting the best content the 50 state agricultural and/or health agencies have on food safety. The Food Safety Tour kick-off was on April 7th, [...]

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First West Nile Case Confirmed in Maricopa County
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First West Nile Case Confirmed in Maricopa County

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First West Nile Case Confirmed in Maricopa County

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:12-07:00July 10th, 2015|General|

On Tuesday, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health confirmed the first human case of West Nile Virus in Arizona this season. West Nile virus can cause severe illness, although only about 20% of those infected will develop any symptoms at all, usually flu-like: fever, headache, body aches, and muscle weakness. We distributed a joint [...]

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