Saturday, January 12, 2013
The CDC reported friday that with 7.3 percent of deaths in the United States last week the result of pneumonia and the flu, it has reached epidemic proportions.
Reuters reported Friday that, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, influenza has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. It is reportedly "widespread" in all but three states and 7.3 percent of deaths last week were the result of pneumonia and the flu. It reports that 7.2 percent is considered epidemic status with 22 children dead across the U.S. as a result. Nine of the 10 U.S. regions had "elevated" flu activity. The other region, the Southwest and California, had "normal" flu activity last week. This year's flu vaccine is 62 percent effective, scientists reported on Friday in the CDC's weekly publication. Overall in Georgia, activity was considered moderate at this time in 2011, according to Flu Trends…
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
It's National Influenza Vaccination Week. Did you get your flu shot in Forsyth County yet?
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
More than one-third of United States residents have already been vaccinated against the influenza virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday. With National Influenza Vaccination Week, which started last Sunday and ends Saturday, health officials aim to increase that percentage, especially since this year's season may be a bad one. Influenza—more commonly known as simply "the flu"—is a contagious respiratory illness caused by viruses infecting the nose, throat and lungs. It spreads via infected people coughing, sneezing or talking, though people can also get infected by touching something with the flu virus on it before touching their mouth, eyes or nose. The 2012-2013 season is shaping up to be one of the worst …
Thursday, October 25, 2012
There have been 308 cases reported and 23 people have died so far; Georgia is the 17th state to be affected.
Georgia is now the 17th state impacted by the fungal meningitis outbreak linked to tainted steroid injections, according to the CDC. According to ABCNews.com, around 14,000 patients are thought to have received injections of the steroid. The Forsyth Street Ambulatory Surgery Center in Macon is the only clinic in Georgia to have received a shipment. The AJC reports that the person infected is a 66-year-old Macon woman. She is in stable condition. “Clinically she doesn’t appear to be that sick,” said Dr. Patrick O’Neal, the agency’s director of health protection told the AJC, “but we feel an abundance of caution is needed.” The current meningitis outbreak has been traced to a specific product and company. According to the CDC, the people …
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Free flu shots and mist will be available for all Forsyth County school-aged children on Wednesday.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
It's almost flu season and the Georgia Department of Public Health and Forsyth County Schools (FCS) are getting ready to offer this year's flu vaccine. The flu clinic will be held at Cumming Elementary School located at 540 Dahlonega Highway on Wednesday, Sept. 26, from noon to 4 p.m. Influenza immunizations will be available to all Forsyth County school-aged (K-12) children. A consent form (posted below) must be completed for all students. Parents must sign the forms and bring those with you along with insurance cards to the flu clinic. If you have insurance, the Health Department will bill your insurance company for the vaccine. There will be no co-pay and if an insurance company does not pay, the state will reimburse the Health …
Friday, September 21, 2012
Georgia currently has an adult obesity rate of 28 percent, ranking it 25th among all states,
according to the most recent data from the CDC.
Update (9-18-12, 12:40 p.m.) The number of obese adults in Georgia is on course to increase dramatically over the next 20 years, according to a report released Tuesday. Georgia currently has an adult obesity rate of 28 percent, ranking it 25th among all states, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released those rankings earlier this summer. But there is good news – the analysis also shows what will happen if Georgia is able to reduce the average body mass index of its residents by just 5 percent by 2030: a dramatic decrease in obesity-related diseases and healthcare costs. So, that brings us to our …
Friday, August 24, 2012
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that there are 1,118 cases nationally through the third week of August. Mosquitoes have been found with the virus in at least two Atlanta-area counties.
The West Nile virus has been spotted in mosquitoes in at least two Metro Atlanta counties recently. One human case has been reported in Forsyth County, but no other information has been provided by the CDC, though the federal agency says more human cases have been reported nationally than ever before. In a statement Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 1,118 human cases, the highest number reported through this point in the year since the disease hit the United States in 1999. The cases resulted in 41 deaths. Regionally, mosquitoes have tested positive for the virus in DeKalb County in July and in Fulton County earlier this month. The West Nile virus is generally spread by mosquitoes that feed on infected birds…
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
How can you protect yourself from food borne illnesses? Here are some tips.
One of the 14 cases of a 6-state E. coli outbreak is in Forsyth, officials with the Georgia Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control have told various news outlets. The five reported Georgia cases are one each in Forsyth, Cherokee, Coweta counties and two in Cobb County. It is reported that the CDC has not yet been able to identify the source of the current outbreak. However, there are ways to protect your food source against possible contamination. The following tips from the Food Safety Web site should help you to stay safe: E. coli in the News Don’t miss any Cumming news. Subscribe to Cumming Patch’s free newsletter, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Rodney Thrash contributed to this article.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Elderly people are more prone to heat stress than younger people according to the Better Business Bureau.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
With high temperatures common in and around Cumming these days, certain sectors of the population are more at risk than others. Senior citizens fall into this group. According to the Better Business Bureau (BBB), elderly people are more prone to heat stress than younger people for several reasons: • Elderly people do not adjust as well as young people to sudden changes in temperature. • They are more likely to have a chronic medical condition that changes normal body responses to heat. • They are more likely to take prescription medicines that impair the body's ability to regulate its temperature or that inhibit perspiration. The BBB and the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention issued the following heat-related issues to watch for, …
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