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Lake County Health report: avian influenza monitoring, rising norovirus cases, radon testing urged

2157513 · January 14, 2025
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At the Jan. 14 meeting the Lake County Board's Board of Health report flagged H5 avian influenza monitoring, an increase in norovirus cases, and urged residents to test homes for radon during Radon Action Month.

The Lake County Board’s Board of Health report on Jan. 14 advised residents to take basic precautions for avian influenza, norovirus and radon.

Member Park, presenting the Board of Health report, said highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 is widespread in wild birds and has caused outbreaks in U.S. poultry and dairy herds; several human cases among U.S. dairy workers had been reported but no sustained person-to-person spread has been detected. "No person to person spread of H5 bird flu has…

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