Blog For Tag "vaccinations"

posted by Angel Smith on Monday, January 13, 2025 January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, an important time to focus on protecting your health and raising awareness about this preventable disease. At Clay County Public Health, we are committed to sharing insight on prevention and providing steps that everyone can take to reduce their risk of cervical cancer.

posted by Angel Smith on Thursday, September 26, 2024 RSV vaccines offer crucial protection, especially for infants, older adults, and individuals with weakened immune systems. They help prevent severe RSV infections that can lead to pneumonia, bronchiolitis, and hospitalizations, particularly in high-risk groups.

posted by DeeAnn Vaage on Friday, December 17, 2021 Getting a flu shot is the best way to protect yourself and ones we care for from flu and its potentially serious complications. There is still time to protect against flu. With the holidays almost here, and while that means more opportunities for spreading holiday cheer, there is also more opportunity for spreading flu and other respiratory viruses.

posted by Colette Rossiter on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 We have a challenging fall and winter ahead of us. In addition to the flu virus that circulates every year, we have the virus that causes COVID-19 ever present in our communities. Our healthcare system capacity may be overwhelmed. Yet there are simple measures we can all take to ease this burden.