Ann Cochran
Was your house or apartment building built before 1978? Do children under age 6 live with you or stay with you sometimes? Protect them...
When it feels like there are no choices left, hospice care can offer many options. One of the great advantages to hospice care lies...
Ever wonder about those signs in restrooms ordering employees to wash their hands before returning to work? Here’s why this is important.
Salmonella is a...
Sugar can sneak up on you.
Energy drinks, juice, alcohol, flavored coffee and tea are all loaded with sugar. The American Heart Association advises us...
Contact lenses are like underwear: don’t over-wear them, avoid that sketchy pair and carry a spare.
Don’t over-wear: Replace contacts as often as your eye...
Ever since the evidence-based 5-2-1-0 initiative was endorsed in 2017, the Iowa Department of Public Health has recommended no more than two hours of...
A baby is determined to have died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) if no cause of death can be identified following a death-scene...
Wednesday, Oct. 6 is National Walk or Bike to School Day.
As communities in Dallas County increase the number of safe sidewalks and recreation trails,...
Here at the Dallas County Health Department, we’re getting calls about bed bugs. This seems to happen every now and then. Here are some...
Even in the midst of a global pandemic, other diseases continue to threaten our health.
More than 360 residents of Dallas County were diagnosed with...
