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Infectious Diseases
Antibiotics won’t help your cold or flu.
Antibiotic Resistance
Flu
Infectious Diseases
Learn when and when not to use antibiotics
Schedule your shots today.
COVID-19
Flu
Infectious Diseases
Vaccines
Learn more about these vaccines
Pathogens of Concern in Vermont
Vermont Department of Health Confirms Case of Measles
For Immediate Release: March 11, 2025 Media Contact: Kyle Casteel – Media Lead Communication Office...
Health Risks of Climate Change
Climate Change Affects Your Health Climate change is impacting the health of people living in...
Antibiotics aren't always the answer.
Antibiotic Resistance
Infectious Diseases
What everyone should know about antibiotics
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) in Humans
Raising backyard chickens?
Infectious Diseases
Take steps to prevent the spread of salmonella
Common Foodborne and Diarrheal Illnesses
Long COVID
About Long COVID Most people who have COVID recover within a few weeks. Long COVID...
Vaccines are rolling out across Vermont.
COVID-19
Infectious Diseases
Vaccines
Schedule your appointment today
Protect yourself from mpox if you are at risk.
Immunization
Infectious Diseases
Learn more and find vaccine locations
News Release: USDA Officials Plan Spring Wildlife Vaccination Effort to Address Rabies in Chittenden County
For Immediate Release: May 11, 2023 Media Contacts: Owen Montgomery
|
USDA, APHIS, WS 802-272-1072...
Raising backyard chicks this spring?
Infectious Diseases
Take steps to prevent spread of disease.
News Release: Raising Backyard Chicks this Spring? Know the Health Risks
For Immediate Release: April 11, 2023 Media Contact: Ben Truman │ Vermont Department of Health...
Polio
Polio is a potentially disabling and life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus. Most U.S. adults...
Mpox (Human Monkeypox Virus)
Learn about mpox, like how it spreads from person to person, symptoms of the illness...
Electronic Case Reporting
Electronic case reporting (eCR) automatically generates and transmits case reports in near real-time from electronic...
Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)
There have been no confirmed cases of AFM in Vermont since 2014. The Health Department...
Reportable Disease Data
Health care providers in Vermont are required to report certain infectious diseases to the Health...
Safe Injection Practices
Unsafe injection practices can be a serious threat to a patient’s health.
Resources for Health Care Professionals and Partners
The Health Department provides expert medical consultation, educational materials, and medications to treat active TB...
Treatment for LTBI and TB
TB can be treated with antibiotics and successfully cured in most people.Treatment may last for...
TB Testing and Diagnosis
The TB skin test and the IGRA blood test are both used to detect latent...
TB Basics
TB is spread through the air when a person with active TB disease coughs, laughs...
Group B Strep Infections
Because of the risk of pregnant mothers giving the infection to their babies during childbirth...
Group A Strep Infections
Group A strep infections are caused by a type of bacteria responsible for a range...
Pneumococcal Disease
Pneumococcal disease is caused by a bacterium known as Streptococcus pneumoniae, also called pneumococcus, one...
Legionnaires' Disease
Legionella bacteria can cause Legionnaire's disease, a more severe infection, and Pontiac fever, a milder...
Global Infectious Diseases
Several infectious diseases are either not seen in Vermont, or are no longer a serious...
Subscribe to Infectious Diseases
Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)
There have been no confirmed cases of AFM in Vermont since 2014. The Health Department is educating providers on what to look for and what actions to take if a patient comes in with symptoms consistent with AFM.
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) in Humans
Common Foodborne and Diarrheal Illnesses
Electronic Case Reporting
Electronic case reporting (eCR) automatically generates and transmits case reports in near real-time from electronic health records to public health agencies for review and action.
Global Infectious Diseases
Several infectious diseases are either not seen in Vermont, or are no longer a serious threat here. But even rare diseases require attention due to the possibility of importation from people traveling abroad.
Group A Strep Infections
Group A strep infections are caused by a type of bacteria responsible for a range of health problems: strep throat, scarlet fever, impetigo (a skin infection) and necrotizing fasciitis.
Group B Strep Infections
Because of the risk of pregnant mothers giving the infection to their babies during childbirth, the Health Department recommends that all women be tested for group B strep at 35 to 37 weeks pregnant.
Health Risks of Climate Change
Climate Change Affects Your Health Climate change is impacting the health of people living in Vermont now. Some existing health threats will intensify and new health threats will emerge. Climate change also affects social and environmental determinants of health, including...
Legionnaires' Disease
Legionella bacteria can cause Legionnaire's disease, a more severe infection, and Pontiac fever, a milder illness. People get sick from breathing in mists from a contaminated water source.
Long COVID
About Long COVID Most people who have COVID recover within a few weeks. Long COVID is when people who have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 still experience symptoms four weeks or more after the severe phase of...
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Translations for you
Infectious Diseases
Antibiotics won’t help your cold or flu.
Antibiotic Resistance
Flu
Infectious Diseases
Learn when and when not to use antibiotics
Schedule your shots today.
COVID-19
Flu
Infectious Diseases
Vaccines
Learn more about these vaccines
Pathogens of Concern in Vermont
Vermont Department of Health Confirms Case of Measles
For Immediate Release: March 11, 2025 Media Contact: Kyle Casteel – Media Lead Communication Office...
Health Risks of Climate Change
Climate Change Affects Your Health Climate change is impacting the health of people living in...
Antibiotics aren't always the answer.
Antibiotic Resistance
Infectious Diseases
What everyone should know about antibiotics
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) in Humans
Raising backyard chickens?
Infectious Diseases
Take steps to prevent the spread of salmonella
Common Foodborne and Diarrheal Illnesses
Long COVID
About Long COVID Most people who have COVID recover within a few weeks. Long COVID...
Vaccines are rolling out across Vermont.
COVID-19
Infectious Diseases
Vaccines
Schedule your appointment today
Protect yourself from mpox if you are at risk.
Immunization
Infectious Diseases
Learn more and find vaccine locations
News Release: USDA Officials Plan Spring Wildlife Vaccination Effort to Address Rabies in Chittenden County
For Immediate Release: May 11, 2023 Media Contacts: Owen Montgomery
|
USDA, APHIS, WS 802-272-1072...
Raising backyard chicks this spring?
Infectious Diseases
Take steps to prevent spread of disease.
News Release: Raising Backyard Chicks this Spring? Know the Health Risks
For Immediate Release: April 11, 2023 Media Contact: Ben Truman │ Vermont Department of Health...
Polio
Polio is a potentially disabling and life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus. Most U.S. adults...
Mpox (Human Monkeypox Virus)
Learn about mpox, like how it spreads from person to person, symptoms of the illness...
Electronic Case Reporting
Electronic case reporting (eCR) automatically generates and transmits case reports in near real-time from electronic...
Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)
There have been no confirmed cases of AFM in Vermont since 2014. The Health Department...
Reportable Disease Data
Health care providers in Vermont are required to report certain infectious diseases to the Health...
Safe Injection Practices
Unsafe injection practices can be a serious threat to a patient’s health.
Resources for Health Care Professionals and Partners
The Health Department provides expert medical consultation, educational materials, and medications to treat active TB...
Treatment for LTBI and TB
TB can be treated with antibiotics and successfully cured in most people.Treatment may last for...
TB Testing and Diagnosis
The TB skin test and the IGRA blood test are both used to detect latent...
TB Basics
TB is spread through the air when a person with active TB disease coughs, laughs...
Group B Strep Infections
Because of the risk of pregnant mothers giving the infection to their babies during childbirth...
Group A Strep Infections
Group A strep infections are caused by a type of bacteria responsible for a range...
Pneumococcal Disease
Pneumococcal disease is caused by a bacterium known as Streptococcus pneumoniae, also called pneumococcus, one...
Legionnaires' Disease
Legionella bacteria can cause Legionnaire's disease, a more severe infection, and Pontiac fever, a milder...
Global Infectious Diseases
Several infectious diseases are either not seen in Vermont, or are no longer a serious...
Subscribe to Infectious Diseases
Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)
There have been no confirmed cases of AFM in Vermont since 2014. The Health Department is educating providers on what to look for and what actions to take if a patient comes in with symptoms consistent with AFM.
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) in Humans
Common Foodborne and Diarrheal Illnesses
Electronic Case Reporting
Electronic case reporting (eCR) automatically generates and transmits case reports in near real-time from electronic health records to public health agencies for review and action.
Global Infectious Diseases
Several infectious diseases are either not seen in Vermont, or are no longer a serious threat here. But even rare diseases require attention due to the possibility of importation from people traveling abroad.
Group A Strep Infections
Group A strep infections are caused by a type of bacteria responsible for a range of health problems: strep throat, scarlet fever, impetigo (a skin infection) and necrotizing fasciitis.
Group B Strep Infections
Because of the risk of pregnant mothers giving the infection to their babies during childbirth, the Health Department recommends that all women be tested for group B strep at 35 to 37 weeks pregnant.
Health Risks of Climate Change
Climate Change Affects Your Health Climate change is impacting the health of people living in Vermont now. Some existing health threats will intensify and new health threats will emerge. Climate change also affects social and environmental determinants of health, including...
Legionnaires' Disease
Legionella bacteria can cause Legionnaire's disease, a more severe infection, and Pontiac fever, a milder illness. People get sick from breathing in mists from a contaminated water source.
Long COVID
About Long COVID Most people who have COVID recover within a few weeks. Long COVID is when people who have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 still experience symptoms four weeks or more after the severe phase of...