Tag: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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How to Avoid Swimming-Related Parasites Warned by CDC
Summer is around the corner and before pools across the United States open, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report reminded us of the dangers of swimming-related parasites and how we can swim healthy. According to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report report, from 2000 to 2014 there were 493…
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Crypto Caution: CDC warns pool operators and swimmers
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Cryptosporidium parvum outbreaks linked to swimming pools and water playgrounds have doubled from 2014 to 2016 in the United States, according to a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report by Centers for Disease Control. Commonly referred to as “Crypto,” this parasitic infection is transmitted by swimmers ingesting contaminated pool water. In 2016, the CDC got…