Common Communicable Diseases

Here are information pages on common communicable diseases which may or many not be present at your school, but commonly occur in school settings around the country. Included are prevention tips and comfort measures for those with these illnesses. Click on the topic below to find out more:

• Chickenpox
• Chickenpox (Spanish)
• Fifth Disease ("Slap Cheek" Parvovirus)
• Hand Foot & Mouth Disease
• Head Lice
• Head Lice (Spanish)
• Impetigo
  
• Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
• Pink Eye (Conjunctivitis)
  
• Pinworms
• Ringworm
• Scabies
• Scabies (Spanish)
• Staph Infections including MRSA
  
• Strep Throat