Posts Tagged ‘measles’
Measles in the metro east
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported this year’s first confirmed case of measles in the state – an adult residing in the metro east. This individual recently returned from…
Read MoreDealing with disease, through history
While the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Monroe County and the entire world more than any public health crisis in the past century, outbreaks of diseases are nothing new. Here’s a…
Read MoreVaccines, then and today
Younger readers of this article may not be familiar with polio or smallpox. The last case of polio to originate in the United States was in 1979 and the last…
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