Marshall County Health Department’s July Community Update addresses several topics including:
• The extremely high heat – the #1 weather related cause of death
•Animal bites – animal bites increase in the warmer months due to people being out more
•Malaria – CDC recently sent out a HAN alert of cases of cases identified in Florida and Texas. None reported in Kentucky.
•Pertussis – The Kentucky Dept for Public Health sent out a HAN alert for cases identified in Kentucky.
•Alpha-Gal Syndrome – Another tick borne illness that can be life threatening
Please see the attached document that addresses each of these issues.
Thank you to our own Regional Epidemiologist, Blake Johnson, for gathering the information and putting this together for us!