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Harford health department to hold rabies vaccination clinics
All dogs, cats and ferrets can get their rabies vaccinations in the coming weeks at clinics sponsored by the Harford County Health Department. Four clinics will be offered 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 28 across the county, with four more scheduled the...Tags: Harford County, Pets, Federal Hill, Hospitals and Clinics, Diseases and Illnesses
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BRIEF: $10 rabies shots offered in Walker County
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.The 2013 Walker County Rabies Clinics are set for Saturday and April 27. A reduced fee of $10 per vaccination will be charged to encourage local dog and cat owners to get their pets vaccinated. "Getting your pet's annual rabies vaccination is a very...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Hospitals and Clinics, Disease Prevention, Kensington, Diseases and Illnesses
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York County dogs, owners can enjoy Waller Mill Dog Park
York County residents wanting to use dog park facilities need look no further than Waller Mill Dog Park. A joint venture between the city of Williamsburg and James City County, the dog park is available for a daily fee or by purchasing an annual...Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Services and Shopping, York (York, Pennsylvania), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Drugs and Medicines
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State to Offer Free Vaccines for Infants Next Week
Channel 2 NewsInfants will be eligible for free vaccines throughout Alaska from April 20 to April 27 at state public health centers. State officials say in a release that public health centers will waive the cost of immunization for children up to two years and...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Disease Prevention, Immunization, Vaccines
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L.A. County to offer free meningitis vaccine to low-income residents
Los Angeles County health officials on Wednesday began offering free meningitis vaccinations to low-income and uninsured residents while downplaying fears about a potential outbreak of the disease. "We really sympathize with the heightened concern...
Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., New York City, Comprehensive Health, Personal Income, Flu
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Community Announcements for April 18
Mid-Continent University’s Advantage Mid-Continent University’s Advantage is an accelerated adult degree completion program that brings classes to local community classrooms throughout 27 cities and towns including Somerset, Danville and Mt....
Tags: Quitting Smoking, Leukemia, Disease Prevention, Health and Safety at School, Ann Taylor
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L.A. County to offer free meningitis vaccine to low-income residents
Responding to escalating concerns about bacterial meningitis, Los Angeles County health officials announced Wednesday that they are offering free vaccines to low-income and uninsured residents. The vaccines protect against meningococcal meningitis, a...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Comprehensive Health, Personal Income, AIDS, Headaches
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Animal rabies on the rise
PIERRE — South Dakota animal rabies cases in 2012 were up for the second straight year, the state Department of Health said Wednesday. Dr. Lon Kightlinger, the state epidemiologist, said the disease tends to be cyclical, with years of high case...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Symptoms, Vaccines
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Norovirus is still going around
The Kid's Doctorhttp://www.kidsdr.com Another on call weekend just completed, it seems that gastroenteritis, also known as the "tummy bug" or "stomach flu," is still hanging around. I walked into a lot of exam rooms with tired parents and kids, all of whom had been...Tags: Vomiting, Drugs and Medicines, Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention
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Free meningitis vaccines offered after West Hollywood man's death
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation will offer free meningitis vaccines starting Monday. The move comes just days after a West Hollywood man died from the disease. Anyone who might have been exposed to the disease or might be at risk should to make plans...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, AIDS, Headaches, Meningitis, Disease Prevention
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Dozens line up for meningitis vaccine in West Hollywood
Dozens of men lined up Monday morning at an AIDS Healthcare Foundation pharmacy in West Hollywood to get a free meningitis vaccine, days after a local man died from the disease. Allen Smith, a 21-year-old dance student, said he had a weak immune...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, AIDS, Common Cold, Meningitis, Diseases and Illnesses
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Doctor whose work saved millions reflects on career
The publication of Alfred Sommer's new memoir, "10 Lessons in Public Health," comes precisely 30 years after the publication of the most important thing he's ever written: "Increased mortality in children with mild vitamin A deficiency," a report of a...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Viral Diseases and Infections, Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Safety at School
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