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Mammoth Lakes Health & Safety Fair

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You’re invited to a Health & Safety Fair in Mammoth Lakes!
Saturday, June 20, 2015
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Shady Rest Park, Sawmill Cutoff Road
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¡Estás invitado a La Feria de Salud y Seguridad en Mammoth Lakes!
el sabado, el 20 de junio
el 10 de la mañana hasta el 1 de la tarde
El Parque Shady Rest, Calle Sawmill Cutoff
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New Mammoth English Peapod Session

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Join the new Mammoth Lakes Peapod Playgroup! Connect with parents and children in your area. All Mono County expecting parents and families with children birth to six are invited to participate.
Thursdays, 10 – 11 a.m.
June 18 – August 27
Mammoth Creek Park, Old Mammoth Rd. (weather permitting)
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Únase el nuevo Grupo en Mammoth Lakes de Juego Peapod! Conéctate con padres y niños en su área. Todo el Condado de Mono esperar que los padres y las familias con niños de cero a seis están invitados a participar.
Los jueves, 10 – 11 por la mañana
El 18 de junio hasta el 27 de agosto
El Parque de Arroyo Mammoth, Calle Old Mammoth (el tiempo lo permite)
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Mono-Gram Public Health Update

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Reposted from the Mono County Public Health Department:

‘Tis The Season for Hantavirus

Although mice carry the hantavirus all year, this is the start of the season when humans typically begin activities that put them at risk of being exposed to the hantavirus. Spring cleaning activities, such as opening up closed buildings that have been unused overwinter, often provide habitats for deer mice and become sites for human exposure to the hantavirus. Although hantavirus infections are relatively rare, it is not unusual for us to have several cases per year in the Eastern Sierra. The risk of death is significant. Individuals cleaning areas where the mice may be present are well advised to heed the recommendations below in order to avoid exposure.

Hantavirus is carried by certain species of rats and mice, and especially the deer mouse, pictured above. Infected rodents shed the virus in their urine, droppings, and saliva. The virus can be transmitted to people when infected mouse urine, saliva, droppings, or nesting materials are stirred
up, temporarily aerosolizing the virus, which can be breathed in by humans.

We recommend the following precautions:

  • seal openings that may allow mice to enter homes and workplaces;
  • remove brush, woodpiles, trash, and other items that may attract mice;
  • tightly close garbage cans, pet food containers, and other food sources;
  • wear protective gloves to handle dead mice or to clean up nesting areas, urine, or droppings;
  • before cleaning up nests or droppings found inside, open windows and doors to ventilate the area for at least 30 minutes;
  • do not stir up nests by sweeping or vacuuming. Dampen areas before clean-up;
  • use a disinfectant or 1-to-10 bleach-water mixture to clean up dead rodents, nests, urine, and droppings.

Early symptoms of hantavirus infection include fatigue, fever, and muscle aches. These symptoms may be accompanied by headaches, dizziness, chills, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Later symptoms include coughing and shortness of breath. If hantavirus is suspected, people should contact their health care provider immediately. Remember, infections with hantavirus may feel like the “flu”; however, it is no longer flu season!

For more information, including a map of surveillance activities, go to:

http://www.cdph.ca.gov/HealthInfo/discond/Pages/HantavirusPulmonarySyndr…

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Children & Families Commissioner Recruitment

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The Mono County Children & Families Commission is seeking to fill two Commissioner vacancies. Priority areas of the Commission include improving the health, development and school readiness of children ages 0 to 5.  

For more information please see the attached flyer or call First 5 at 760-924-7626.
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New Antelope Valley and Mammoth Spanish Peapod Sessions

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New Peapod sessions! Connect with parents and children in your area. All Mono County expecting parents and families with children birth to six are invited to participate.

Antelope Valley
Wednesdays, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
August 19 – October 14
Walker Park
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Mammoth Spanish
Thursdays, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
August 6 – October 8
Mammoth Creek Park, Old Mammoth Rd.
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¡Nuevos Grupos de Juego Peapod! Conéctate con padres y niños en su área. Todo el Condado de Mono esperar que los padres y las familias con niños de cero a seis están invitados a participar.
Crowley Lake
los miércoles, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
El 19 de agosto hasta el 14 de octubre
El Parque Walker
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Mammoth Spanish
los jueves, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
El 6 de agosto hasta el 8 de octubre
El Parque Mammoth Creek, Old Mammoth Rd.
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