Diseases & Outbreaks
Plan Ahead to Reduce Risk
Effective preparation can help protect you during a disease outbreak and reduce the risk of contracting a disease.
Preparing ahead of time can help protect you, your loved ones, and your community.
Personal preparedness ensures you have essential supplies and know how to safeguard yourself.
It can also help contain outbreaks more effectively and minimize their impact.
Find Trusted Health Resources
If you’re looking for more information on anything you read here, we’ve compiled a book full of trusted resources for all kinds of health concerns. These resources were chosen using the National Academy of Medicine’s Foundational Principles and Attributes of Credible Sources of Health Information.
Science-based: Sources that provide information consistent with the best scientific evidence available at the time and meet scientific standards.
Objective: Sources that take steps to reduce the influence of financial and other forms of conflict of interest or bias.
Transparent and accountable: Sources that disclose the limitations of the information they provide.
Wastewater Data
Wastewater surveillance can be an early indicator that the number of people carrying a virus in a community is increasing or decreasing.
This can help our community prepare for increased illness.
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With AMA Alerts you’ll get emergency alerts related to public safety, severe weather and more in Potter and Randall County straight to your phone.