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GET THE FACTS. GET TESTED. GET INVOLVED.
Honoring National HIV Testing Day
Dalton (GA) – Free HIV Testing will be offered by the North Georgia Health District at the Living Bridge Center in Dalton on Thursday, June 25 from 9 A.M. until 3 P.M. The Living Bridge Center is located in the Whitfield County Health Department at 800 Professional Boulevard in Dalton.
The 20 minute rapid test called Clearview will be used, and incentives for returning for test results will be available to participants.
This free testing is being provided in honor of National HIV Testing Day, observed annually on June 27.
National HIV Testing Day is a reminder to get the facts, get tested and get involved in taking care of yourself and your partners.
According to the CDC, an estimated 1.2 million people in the United States are living with HIV, and that number grows by almost 50,000 every year. One in seven people who have HIV don't know it. That means they are not getting the medical care they need to stay healthy and avoid passing HIV to others.
Get more details about Free HIV testing on June 25 in Dalton by calling the Living Bridge Center at (706) 281-2360.
For more information about National HIV Testing Day, log onto the CDC website at www.cdc.gov/features/hivtesting/.
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Cherokee County Health Department presents TWO
BACK-TO-SCHOOL HEALTH CLINICS!
School will be back in session before you know it! Is your child ready? The Cherokee County Health Department will conduct TWO Back-to-School Health Clinics in July. Join us for a clinic at one of the county public health centers in either Canton on Tuesday, July 21st from 2 to 6 p.m. or in Woodstock on Tuesday, July 28th from 2 to 6 p.m. At the Back-to-School Health Clinics, 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 center in Canton is 1219 Univeter Road, and the Woodstock public health center is at 7545 North Main Street. For more information, please call (770) 345-7371 in Canton or (770) 928-0133 in Woodstock.
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Seventh graders are now required to have the tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) and meningococcal (meningitis) vaccines prior to entering school.
Children born on or after January 1, 2002 who are attending seventh grade and new entrants into Georgia schools in grades 8 through 12 must have received one dose of Tdap vaccine and one dose of meningococcal vaccine. ("New entrant" means any child entering any school in Georgia for the first time or entering after having been absent from a Georgia school for more than 12 months or one school year).
For more information about this and all school required immunizations, go to the Georgia Department of Public Health website.
Shots are available at each of our health departments in Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens and Whitfield Counties. Click above on the LOCATIONS tab to find health department contact and location information for each county.
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Dalton, GA – Officials of North Georgia Health District 1-2 of the Georgia Department of Public Health have identified a single case of active tuberculosis (TB) in a resident of Whitfield County. The individual identified is receiving medication to treat the illness.- Hits: 3662