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North GA - The holiday season has arrived, bringing with it opportunities to share thanks and spread cheer as we spend time with loved ones. However, it's also a time when the flu can spread, leading to potentially severe complications. The most effective way to guard against the flu is to get vaccinated. Everyone aged six months and above can be protected from the flu with an annual flu shot. And when people are protected, it helps prevent the spread of flu to their loved ones.
Flu vaccines are readily available at health departments in the North Georgia Health District, including Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens, and Whitfield counties. No appointment is necessary during regular clinic hours, and the vaccine is low or no cost to you, depending on your healthcare coverage.
Children are particularly vulnerable to the flu, which can be more dangerous for them than the common cold. Every year, millions of children fall ill with the flu, leading to thousands of hospitalizations and even some deaths. Fortunately, a flu vaccine can help safeguard your children against the flu.
Children under five years old, especially those under two, and children with chronic health conditions like asthma and diabetes, are at a higher risk of severe flu complications. It's crucial that these children receive a seasonal flu vaccine to help prevent the flu and reduce their risk of hospitalization or death if they fall ill.
Parents can help their children combat the flu by ensuring the whole family gets vaccinated each year.
Getting a flu shot also helps protect other vulnerable loved ones, such as adults aged 65 and older and people with certain chronic conditions. These groups are at a higher risk of severe flu complications and hospitalization.
For people 65 and older, high dose flu vaccine is available, which contains four times the protective antigen that will help prevent flu in this age group, whose immune systems tend to weaken with age.
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Click to Download Flyer in English & Spanish!North GA - Free HIV Testing and PrEP Education will be offered in North Georgia on WORLD AIDS DAY, December 1st! These free services, along with great Goodie Bags, will be featured that day by the North Georgia Health District's Ryan White Clinic, The Living Bridge Center, at locations in Dalton and Canton, as follows:
Mack Gaston Community Center
218 N. Fredrick Street, Dalton, GA 30721
Friday, December 1, 2023
9 AM - 12 PM
The Living Bridge Center, South
130 Riverstone Terrace, Suite 102, Canton GA 30114
Friday, December 1, 2023
8 AM - 11 AM
Every year on December 1st, the world unites to commemorate World AIDS Day. This annual event serves as a reminder of the global struggle to end HIV-related stigma, an opportunity to honor those who have been lost, and a rallying cry to continue working toward a day when HIV is no longer a public health threat. In 2023, HIV.gov marks the 35th commemoration of this important day with the theme “World AIDS Day 35: Remember and Commit”.
According to UNAIDS.org, the world can end AIDS, with communities leading the way. The UNAIDS World AIDS Day theme this year is "LET COMMUNITIES LEAD". Organizations of communities living with, at risk of, or affected by HIV are the frontline of progress in the HIV response. Communities connect people with person-centered public health services, build trust, innovate, monitor implementation of policies and services, and hold providers accountable.
Learn more about HIV/AIDS and get details about all services offered by The Living Bridge Center clinics in North Georgia here on our website at nghd.org/tlbc-home.
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7 Ways to Be Safe and Healthy This Halloween
Don’t let your health get tricked this Halloween! Here are 7 tips from the CDC to stay safe and healthy!
1. Get Moving
Carve out time to be active this Halloween – between get-togethers and trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. Take a walk and do some weight training to help you feel good!
Regular physical activity can help control your weight, reduce your risk of heart disease and some cancers, improve mental health and mood, and increase your chance of living longer.
2. Eat Well
Don’t spend this Halloween filling up on junk food and sweets. Give yourself and your guests healthier choices and nutritious treats.
Fruits and vegetables are part of a well-balanced and healthy eating plan. They also provide essential vitamins and minerals, fiber, and other substances that are important for good health.
3. Keep Your Bite Healthy
Keep Halloween candy at bay. Care for teeth the right way – brush with a fluoride toothpaste each and every day.
Tooth decay (cavities) is one of the most common chronic conditions of childhood in the United States. Untreated tooth decay can cause pain and infections that may lead to problems with eating, speaking, playing, and learning.
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Click, download & share!Woodstock, GA - Our North Georgia Health District Community Overdose Response Program (CORP) will be hosting a National Prescription Drug Take Back Day event on October 27th from 9 AM to 1 PM at the Cherokee County Health Department in Woodstock, located at 7545 North Main Street, Suite 100, Woodstock, GA 30188. Residents are invited to join in the effort to reduce overdose harm and deaths by looking in their medicine cabinets and seeing what medications/drugs that can be disposed of. They will be accepting all drugs except for inhalers and autoinjectors, like Epi-Pens. Law enforcement will be present to take custody of and properly dispose of any drugs forfeited. The Georgia’s 911 Medical Amnesty Law will be honored at this event and individuals wishing to dispose of any drugs should not fear law enforcement’s presence.
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is an initiative of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The mission of the DEA is to ensure the safety and health of American communities by combating criminal drug networks bringing harm, violence, overdoses, and poisonings to the United States. Too often, unused prescription drugs find their way into the wrong hands. That's dangerous and often tragic. That's why people across the country are encouraged to clean out their medicine cabinets and safely and anonymously turn in their unused and unneeded prescription drugs on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day each October 28th.
DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day reflects DEA’s commitment to Americans’ safety and health, encouraging the public to remove unneeded medications from their homes as a measure of preventing medication misuse and opioid addiction from ever starting.
An additional National Prescription Drug Take Back Day collection event in the North Georgia Health District is being held by the Gilmer County Sheriff's Office at Huff's Drug Store, located at 136 Industrial Blvd, Ellijay, GA 30540. That event is on Saturday, October 28th, from 10 AM to 2 PM.
To find other National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events, go to www.dea.gov/takebackday#collection-locator.
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