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School is getting underway this week in the city of Birmingham as well as Mobile, Baldwin, and Montgomery Counties. Healthcare providers say measles shots should be on the list of things to do along with books, pencils, and erasers.

The latest number of cyclospora cases, from the Alabama Department of Public Health, is 85 (updated) plus two hospitalizations. This new data was followed by news of two fatalities in Michigan, state health officials announced Monday.

Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico because of a potential link to the multistate Cyclospora outbreak that has sickened people across the U.S. The total number of states in the recalled is reportedly twenty seven and Alabama is one of them.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending a mobile lab to test for black lung and other ailments common to coal miners in Alabama. The CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Health has screenings scheduled in Sumiton today. Stops in Bessemer, Berry, Brookwood, Adger, and Tuscaloosa begin tomorrow.

At least 45 people in nearly two dozen states have been sickened with salmonella food poisoning tied to the Super Greens brand of diet supplement powder, federal health officials said Wednesday.

Health professionals in Alabama are pulling a popular antibiotic off the shelves following an investigation by a state agency. The Alabama Department of Public Health is looking into eleven reports, which have occurred in the last few months, of adverse events following injections with the cephalosporin antibiotic ceftriaxone (Rocephin®).

The deadline to send Alabama officials your best selfie is coming up. Kids in the state are being asked to show off their best grins through the “Share Your Smile with Alabama” photo contest. The campaign is put on by the Alabama Department of Public Health with entries accepted through Friday, Nov. 8.

October is Emotional Wellness Month. This is a great time to take stock of the stress in our lives, to figure out how that stress is affecting us, and to seek ways to not only lower our stress level, but to more effectively manage it.

Avian influenza, or bird flu, refers to the disease caused by infection with Type A viruses. The Alabama Department of Public Health reports these viruses occur naturally among wild aquatic birds worldwide and can infect domestic poultry and other bird and animal species, including in the Yellowhammer State.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say Alabama is among the U.S. States with “high” levels of COVID-19 as of July 25th. The test period included an examination of wastewater nationally to see where the virus is spreading.