Disease Prevention

• Cancer Prevention
  

  There are lots of easy little steps you can take to reduce your risk. 

       www.aspenpitkin.com/Departments/Environmental-Health/Disease-Prevention/Cancer-Prevention/

• Flu

1. Cover your cough (with a tissue or your elbow). 
2. Wash your hands frequently. 
3. If you have a fever, stay home for at least 24 hrs after that fever has ended.
4. Get a vaccine when it becomes available.
   

      www.flu.gov/  
      www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/  

• Food Borne Illness

  If you feel you may have a food borne illness please contact us at 970-920-5039.  Your information can help us to stop a potential outbreak. 

       www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/foodborneinfections_g.htm

• Hantavirus

• Plague

• West Nile

1. Wear insect repellent and protective clothing.
2. Limit outdoor activity around dawn and dusk when mosquitoes are most active.
3. Drain standing water from places where mosquitoes can breed.

       www.fightthebitecolorado.com/