Learn about symptoms, prevention, and treatment.
Even when you don’t hear about us, we are quietly working to help prevent or limit the spread of disease in our community. When certain diseases circulate, we investigate. And we help connect people with treatment resources.
Learn more about some of the diseases that affect our community or that you may hear about:
- Respiratory illness.
- Asthma.
- Avian influenza (bird flu).
- Candida auris.
- Hepatitis.
- HIV/AIDS.
- Measles.
- Mpox.
- MRSA.
- Mumps.
- Pertussis (whooping cough).
- Sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
- Shigellosis.
- Tickborne illnesses.
- Tuberculosis (TB).
- West Nile virus.
- Zika virus.
Learn what you should know about meningococcal disease and vaccine, also available in Español (Spanish).
Staff
Beeler, Victoria
Public Health Nurse II
(253) 649-1725
vbeeler@tpchd.org
Langinlur, Disney
Disease Investigation Specialist II
(253) 649-1797
dlanginlur@tpchd.org
McClone, Kathleen
Public Health Nurse II
(253) 649-1744
kmcclone@tpchd.org
Otakan, Carolyn
Public Health Nurse II
(253) 720-7350
cotakan@tpchd.org