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Restaurant Inspections are Available Online
You enjoy eating at your favorite restaurant, but do you know how safe the food is?  Are the cooks and food handlers practicing good health habits as they prepare your meal?
You have the right to know.
Restaurant inspections are public record.
The North Central Iowa Regional Inspection Division, a division within the Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health, contracts with the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals to handle restaurant inspections in 15 surrounding North Central Iowa counties.
How does your favorite restaurant rate on their latest food inspection? Restaurant inspections are public record. Check it out! |
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"HIV is Right Here at Home"
March 10 is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. 
This year's theme is:
"HIV is Right Here at Home".
In 2005, women represented 26 percent of new AIDS diagnoses, compared to only 11 percent of new AIDS cases reported in 1990. Most women are infected with HIV through heterosexual contact and injection drug use.
Women of color are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. AIDS is now the leading cause of death for Black women ages 25 to 34.
There are many ways you can take action in response to HIV/AIDS:
get tested for HIV
practice safer methods to prevent HIV
decide not to engage in high risk behaviors
talk about HIV prevention with family, friends, and colleagues
provide support to people living with HIV/AIDS
get involved with or host an event for National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in your community
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RSV Cases are at High Levels
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) reports Respiratory Syncytial Virus, commonly called "RSV" activity is at high levels, and several more weeks of high activity are expected.
RSV is spread from person-to-person in the same way colds and influenza are spread. There is no vaccine to prevent RSV. However, you can protect yourself. |
