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• What Does Pertussis Sound Like?
• What do I do about animal bites?
• What is Avian (Bird) Flu?
• What do I do about head or body lice?
• I think there might be an outbreak of the flu at my school or nursing home. What should I do?

At all times those in nursing homes, day care centers and schools should be encouraged to practice good hygiene, such as covering their mouths while coughing or sneezing and washing hands frequently. Restrooms should always have adequate soap and paper towels or paperless hand dryers. Hand sanitizers can also help control the spread of disease.

Nursing home residents who are ill with the flu may be encouraged to refrain from eating or socializing in communal settings until they are well again.

Nursing homes may ask Public Health to investigate an outbreak to verify that the disease agent is in fact influenza and to identify the type (strain) of flu virus involved. To make a request, you may call the Public Health Communicable Disease Investigator at (217) 239-7827.

Students who are ill with influenza symptoms should be encouraged to stay home until their temperature has returned to normal and they feel well enough to participate in school activities.

• What is Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease?
• What is Fifth Disease?
• What do I do if something I eat or drink makes me sick?
  See your doctor or call the Public Health Communicable Disease Investigator at (217) 239-7827.
• What do I do if I am a food handler or health care worker and I have been diagnosed with Cryptosporidiosis, Shigella, Salmonellosis, Giardia or E. coli?
• What if my employee is a food handler or health care worker and has been diagnosed with Cryptosporidiosis, Shigella, Salmonellosis, Giardia or E. coli?