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Surprising increase in Clatsop County strep throat cases, precautions urged
Posted: Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:00 am
By Jeremy C. Ruark Seaside Signal |
ASTORIA - A significant increase in cases of streptococcal have officials at the Clatsop County Health Department urging the public to take preventive steps to avoid a widespread outbreak of strep throat.
?This advisory is not to scare people,? said Christie Larson, Clatsop County public health nurse. ?It is just to advise people of what we are seeing and what measures they can take to reduce the spread.?
Health officials were first notified of the rise in strep throat cases after a Clatsop County school, officials have not publicly identified, reported 19 percent of the students were absent on one particular day because of illnesses.
Larson also received reports of other schools with students out ill....
Surprising increase in Clatsop County strep throat cases, precautions urged
Posted: Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:00 am
By Jeremy C. Ruark Seaside Signal |
ASTORIA - A significant increase in cases of streptococcal have officials at the Clatsop County Health Department urging the public to take preventive steps to avoid a widespread outbreak of strep throat.
?This advisory is not to scare people,? said Christie Larson, Clatsop County public health nurse. ?It is just to advise people of what we are seeing and what measures they can take to reduce the spread.?
Health officials were first notified of the rise in strep throat cases after a Clatsop County school, officials have not publicly identified, reported 19 percent of the students were absent on one particular day because of illnesses.
Larson also received reports of other schools with students out ill....