Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
FluTrackers.com Inc. does not provide medical advice. Information on this web site is collected from various internet resources, and the FluTrackers board of directors makes no warranty to the safety, efficacy, correctness or completeness of the information posted on this site by any author or poster.
The information collated here is for instructional and/or discussion purposes only and is NOT intended to diagnose or treat any disease, illness, or other medical condition. Every individual reader or poster should seek advice from their personal physician/healthcare practitioner before considering or using any interventions that are discussed on this website.
By continuing to access this website you agree to consult your personal physican before using any interventions posted on this website, and you agree to hold harmless FluTrackers.com Inc., the board of directors, the members, and all authors and posters for any effects from use of any medication, supplement, vitamin or other substance, device, intervention, etc. mentioned in posts on this website, or other internet venues referenced in posts on this website.
We are not asking for any donations. Do not donate to any entity who says they are raising funds for us.
150 cases of Shigella reportedly confirmed in Kansas City
Published September 26, 2015FoxNews.com
Shigellosis is an infectious disease caused by a group of bacteria called Shigella. Most who are infected with Shigella develop diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps starting a day or two after they are exposed to the bacteria. (CDC.gov)
There have reportedly been 150 confirmed cases of Shigella in Kansas City, Missouri, prompting city health officials to warn the public of the disease outbreak that causes high fever and abdominal problems.
Fox 4 KC, citing newly released numbers from the Kansas City Health Department on Friday, reports the city usually sees 10 cases of Shigella per year, but so far in 2015 there have already been 150 reported cases. From Jan. 1 to July 1, there were only 16 cases, but in the last two months there have been 134 additional cases. The outbreak is 15-times the annual average...
KU scientist keeping an eye on fast-spreading shigella outbreak in Kansas City
Posted by Sara Shepherd
October 5, 2015 at 2:22 p.m.
Kansas University pharmaceutical chemistry professor Wendy Picking has been researching shigella for more than 20 years and is in the process of creating a vaccine for it...
...The Kansas City, Mo., Health Department announced Sept. 25 it had investigated more than 143 cases of shigella this year. In just over a week, that count jumped to nearly 200 ? with 173 cases confirmed as of Friday and more than 190 cases estimated now, health department spokesman Bill Snook said Monday. (Note: Douglas County does not appear to be affected at this time. Three cases, all adults, have been reported here this year, with the last being in July, according to Lawrence Douglas-County Health Department communications coordinator Karrey Britt.)...
...What?s unusual and concerning about this outbreak, Snook said, is that they?re seeing at least three antibiotic resistant patterns...
Public health professionals urge handwashing as shigella cases rise and flu season starts in KC metro
Posted 3:25 pm, November 23, 2015, by Meryl Lin McKean
KANSAS CITY, Mo. ? Cases of shigella continue to climb in the metro while flu season is getting started. Those germs will have more chances to spread at Thanksgiving, so public health professionals offered a chance to see how germs can be stopped...
...There have been 564 reported cases of shigella, a diarrheal illness, so far this year in the metro...
