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Prepare your child for the upcoming school year!
The Cherokee County Health Department will conduct a Back-to-School Health Clinic on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from 2 to 6 p.m. at public health department locations in both Canton and Woodstock.
The required Hearing, Dental, Vision and BMI/Nutrition Screenings will be available: Total cost for screenings is forty dollars. Also, immunizations will be provided for school-age children (there is a charge for vaccines). Medicaid and some other forms of insurance are accepted.
The health department location in Canton is 1219 Univeter Road, and the Woodstock health department address is 7545 North Main Street.
For more information, please call (770) 345-7371 in Canton or (770) 928-0133 in Woodstock.
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Largest audience, ever!
Dalton (GA) – From coping with breastfeeding controversies to understanding why babies refuse to "latch", attendees of The Ultimate Breastfeeding Conference held in Dalton on Wednesday gained new perspectives on how to help mothers and babies succeed with breastfeeding.
The breastfeeding conference, presented by the Northwest Georgia Breastfeeding Coalition at the Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center, celebrated ten years as an annual event. With an audience of over 420 participants, including medical professionals, lactation specialists, nutritionists, WIC staff and others who work with breastfeeding mothers, this year’s conference was the largest, thus far.
The featured speaker at the conference was Jack Newman, M.D., a pediatrician and author of several widely-acclaimed breastfeeding publications.1 Newman currently heads the Newman Breastfeeding Clinic of the International Breastfeeding Centre based at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto.2
“Breastfeeding is more than breast milk,” said Newman. “Breastfeeding not only gives the baby breast milk, but it is also a relationship – a close, intimate relationship between two people who are in love with each other.”
At the conference, Newman explained that infant formula is not equal to breast milk, and is, in fact, inferior. He also provided fresh insight on topics such as techniques that increase milk supply and solutions for those times when a baby may not want to take to the breast.
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Unvaccinated dog euthanized, neighbors are notified
Blue Ridge (GA) – The Georgia Public Health Laboratory has confirmed rabies in a fox that was found dead last week at a residence in McCaysville, Georgia.
Fannin County Environmental Health Specialist Shannon Bradburn stated his office received a report on Friday, March 6 from a resident of Hillcrest Drive in McCaysville that a dog living at the residence was found with the dead fox in the yard that morning.
Bradburn had the fox processed and stored that day and sent the specimen to the public health state lab for testing at the earliest opportunity, which was Monday, March 9. The test result confirming rabies was reported back to Bradburn in the late afternoon of Tuesday, March 10.
The dog was not current on its rabies vaccination; therefore, it was reported on Wednesday, March 11 that the owner had chosen to have the dog euthanized.
No human exposure was reported; however, as a precaution, Fannin County Environmental Health officials canvassed residents in the immediate vicinity with an alert notification flyer advising them of the incident along with a rabies informational brochure on Wednesday, March 11.
Bradburn urges all Fannin County residents to maintain rabies vaccinations in their pets to protect their pets, their loved ones and themselves from rabies.
More information about rabies and its prevention is available at the Fannin County Environmental Health office. Call (706) 695-0266. Or, log on to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) website at www.cdc.gov/features/rabiessafefamily.
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