Health Topics FAQs and Fact Sheets

The following list links to pages created for Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to public health topics including common infections, diseases and vaccines. At the bottom of each page is a shareable/printable pdf Fact Sheet containing the same information.

A

• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
• Acute Flaccid Paralysis
• Adenovirus
• Amebiasis
• Anthrax

B

• Bed Bugs
• Botulism
• Brucellosis

C

• Campylobacter Enteritis
• Chain of Infection
• Chancroid
• Chickenpox (Varicella)
• Chickenpox (Varicella) Vaccine
• Chlamydia
• Cholera
• Clostridium Difficile
• Cryptosporidiosis
• Cyclosporiasis
• Cytomegalovirus

D

• Diphtheria
• DTaP-IPV-Hib Vaccine (Pediacel/Pentacel)

E

• E. coli
• Encephalitis
• Enterovirus/Rhinovirus/Parainfluenza

F

• Fifth Disease
• Food Poisoning

G

• Gastroenteritis Institutional Outbreak
• Giardiasis
• Gonorrhea

H

• Haemophilus influenza b
• Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
• Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
• Head Lice (Pediculosis)
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis A Vaccine
• Hepatitis A and Typhoid Vaccine
• Hepatitis A & B Vaccine
• Hepatitis B Vaccine
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis D
• Herpes, Neonatal
• Herpes Simplex
• HIV/AIDS
• Human Metapneumovirus
• Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
• Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV-9)

I

• Impetigo
• Imvamune Vaccine
• Influenza
• Influenza Vaccine
• Insect Precautions

L

• Legionellosis
• Listeriosis
• Lyme Disease

M

• Measles
• Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccine (MMR)
• Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella Vaccine (MMRV)
• Meningitis
• Meningococcal Disease
• Meningococcal Vaccine (Men-C-C)
• Meningococcal Vaccine (Men-C-ACYW-135)
• Meningococcal Vaccine (4CMenB)
• Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
• Mononucleosis
• MPox (previously known as monkeypox or MPX)
• Mumps

N

• Norovirus

O

• Ophthalmia Neonatorum (Neonatal Conjunctivitis)

P

• Paratyphoid Fever
• Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
• Pinworms, Roundworms and Hookworms
• Plague
• Pneumococcal Disease
• Pneumococcal Pneu-C-13 Vaccine (Prevnar 13)
• Pneumococcal Pneu-P-23 Vaccine
• Poliomyelitis (Polio)
• Polio Vaccine (IPV)

Q

• Q Fever

R

• Rabies
• Rabies Vaccine
• Respiratory Infection Outbreaks in Institutions
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine (Synagis)
• Roseola
• Rotavirus
• Rotavirus Vaccine (Rotarix)
• Rotavirus Vaccine (Rota Teq)
• Rubella

S

• Salmonellosis
• Scabies
• Shigellosis
• Shingles Vaccine (Zostavax)
• Shingles Vaccine (Shingrix)
• Streptococcus, Group A Invasive
• Streptococcus, Group B Neonatal
• Strep Throat/Scarlet Fever
• Syphilis

T

• Tetanus
• Tetanus Diphtheria (Td) Vaccine
• Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccine
• Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Polio (Tdap-IPV) Vaccine
• Toxoplasmosis
• Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease)
• Trichinosis
• Tuberculosis
• Tularemia
• Typhoid Fever
• Typhoid Injectable Vaccine

V

• Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE)
• Varicella (Chicken pox) Vaccine

W

• West Nile Virus

Y

• Yersiniosis

Z

• Zika Virus
• Zostavax