The City of El Paso – Department of Public Health (DPH) is issuing this health advisory in response to increasing concerns regarding the ongoing Measles Outbreaks occurring in Lubbock and Gaines County.See Advisory
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Getting a flu vaccine is more important than ever to protect yourself, your family and your community from the flu. A flu vaccine this season can also help reduce the burden on our healthcare systems responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and save medical resources for care of COVID-19 patients.
The more people vaccinated; the more people protected. Do your part. Get a flu vaccine!
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We encourage everyone to contact their primary healthcare provider or local pharmacy or retailer to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encourages individuals to get vaccinated. This is especially true for pregnant women, children, young adults, caretakers of infants, and health care workers. Because seasonal flu viruses change every year, the vaccine is updated annually. So even if you or your children got a flu vaccine last year, you both still need to get a flu vaccine this season to remain protected.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers recommendations found here.
The Texas Vaccines for Children program provides no-cost vaccines to eligible children 18 years old and younger. Clinics participating in the Texas Vaccines for Children program may be located here.
Early detection and early response are key to preventing the spread of any disease.
Makes sense, but how are disease outbreaks detected in real time?
Letting individuals report symptoms in real-time can complement traditional tracking while providing useful information directly to the public. While important systems exist for reporting and tracking disease, they’re not perfect, missing those who don’t go to the doctor, and a bit slow because it takes time for reports to be collected and sent to health departments.
Flu Near You relies on voluntary participation from the general public, asking you to take a few seconds each week to report if you or your family members have been healthy or sick.
Thousands of reports are analyzed and mapped to generate local and national views of influenza-like illness, providing public health officials and researchers with real-time, anonymous information that could help prevent the next pandemic.
With your help, we can all see what’s coming and - better still- you have the knowledge to protect yourself and your family against disease. Visit FluNearYou.org or download the mobile app for Android or iOS. #FluNearYou
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Access the latest reports on influenza in the U.S., including Texas and El Paso, TX by visiting the CDC FluView. This series of dynamic visualizations allows any Internet user to access influenza information collected by the CDC’s monitoring systems.
Influenza surveillance data from 1997-1998 through the current season from the U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories and U.S. Outpatient Influenza-like Illness Surveillance Network (ILINet) can be accessed through the FluView Interactive website.
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