Vax Your Pet, Vax Yourself at Nov. 4 Public Health event
The Cumberland County Department of Public Health will hold a “Vax Your Pet, Vax Yourself” event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 4 at the Health Department, 1235 Ramsey St.
Evening clinics to offer required school vaccinations
The Cumberland County Department of Public Health is partnering with the public school system to hold evening clinics for back-to-school and COVID-19 immunization clinics for schoolchildren and teenagers in grades kindergarten through 12.
Health department to host flu, COVID vaccination clinics; pets can get $5 rabies shots
The Cumberland County Department of Public Health will hold a “Vax Your Pet, Vax Yourself” clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Health Department, 1235 Ramsey St. Rabies vaccinations will cost $5 per pet. COVID-19 and flu vaccines will be free, according to a county news release.
Cumberland Health Department scheduling monkeypox vaccinations
The Cumberland County Department of Public Health has monkeypox vaccines for people who may have been exposed to the virus. The World Health Organization last weekend determined that monkeypox is …
Health Pavilion North Express Care to reopen Monday
The Cape Fear Valley Health Pavilion North Express Care will reopen Monday on a three-day schedule. The Express Care, which is at 6387 Ramsey St., closed in October 2021 to focus on COVID-19 vaccinations and testing, the health system said in a release. It will be open to see patients on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays…
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Confound COVID 19, the public health menace. About the time we think we’re getting past the coronavirus, it rears its ugly head again. “We are beginning to see an increase in …