While the season for influenza may be winding down, public health officials are watching other possible infectious diseases.
Deb Scholten is CEO of the Northeast Nebraska Public Health Department in Wayne. She says this flu season was better than last year…
Scholten says they are watching for the possible spread of the Zika virus. While the mosquitoes that carry the infection can’t survive this far north, Scholten says global travel brings many of those problems home…
Scholten says the effects of Zika can have an impact on more than pregnant women…
She advises people who have traveled to tropical regions and feel sick when they come back, to see their doctors as soon as they can.
