Posted March 19, 2010
The Safe Sleep Summit, to be held on May 3, 2010, will involve the leaders from our city’s healthcare institutions, government, businesses, and community and faith-based organizations. The group will review national, state and local infant mortality data, discuss the relationship between unsafe sleep and infant death, and build consensus for a consistent message on safe sleep. For information about the problem and how you can keep your baby safe, click here.
A decorative water wall at Aurora St. Luke's South Shore has been identified as the likely source of infection causing Legionnaire's disease. The infection has affected 8 individuals, who all visited the hospital before becoming ill. Currently, the water wall has been shut down and there is no danger to the public. For more information Legionnaire's, click on the link below.
Posted March 18, 2010
Recently, there have been news stories about norovirus on cruise ships. Noroviruses are a type of virus that can affect the stomach and intestines. It is sometimes called "stomach flu" (although it has no relation to influenza, which is a respiratory illness). The infection can quickly spread among large groups of people. Symptoms of norovirus may include upset stomach, headache, tiredness, diarrhea, fever, chills, vomiting, and stomach cramps. Although norovirus is highly contagious, the infection is usually not serious and only lasts for 1-2 days. For more information, click here. (Para información, cliq aqui.)
Posted February 17, 2010
Although the number of babies who died after sleeping in an unsafe sleep environment dropped in 2008, the overall rate of such deaths has remained high in the last decade, prompting public health officials to launch a provocative city-wide safe sleep campaign to prevent them. Click on the links below or go to our Safe Sleep web page for more information.
Recent televised news items about our campaign
March 4, 2010: TMJ4 I-Team's Aaron Diamant talks to Anna Benton, Family and Child Health Services Director, about Safe Sleep. Click here for the video.
Cribs for Kids Facebook page.
Safe Sleep Ad - vertical & Safe Sleep Ad - horizontal
Safe Sleep Radio Spot 1 & Safe Sleep Radio Spot 2
Safe Sleep for Your Baby video (Sueno Seguro para Su Bebé video)
Safe Sleep Color Flier (En Español)
Posted January 20, 2010
The City of Milwaukee Health Department (MHD) is announcing plans to hold another H1N1 vaccination clinic this Saturday, January 23rd. Click here for further information. For H1N1 vaccination clinic times, consent forms, and general information, click here.
El Departamento de Salud de la Ciudad de Milwaukee (MHD) proveerá vacunas de H1N1 este sábado 23 de enero. Para las próximas clínicas de vacunación, los formularios de consentimiento, y información en general del H1N1, cliq aquí.
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