communicable

Such issues include communicable diseases, water management and renewable energy.

The improvements were due primarily to decreasing deaths from communicable diseases — at least one of which declined by 99 percent.

"Vaccines are always our best defence against infectious, communicable diseases," adds Dr Williams.

“We have had multiple dairies refuse a site visit,” wrote the communicable disease program manager in Weld, Colorado, in a July 2 email.

Head lice used to be listed as a communicable disease, and had to report it to the Health Department, King added.