Wood County Health Department
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Our mission is to prevent disease, promote healthy lifestyles and protect the health of everyone in Wood County.
Wood County, Ohio
Joined January 2009
To see real time air quality in your location, visit Please see the guidelines linked here for information on air quality levels and recommendations:
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To decrease the potential for health issues in sensitive groups, limit prolonged or strenuous outdoor activity. Take more breaks and make outdoor activities shorter and less intense.
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When air quality is elevated, people who are in sensitive groups (children, teens, elderly, people with lung disease such as asthma or COPD, those with heart disease, and outdoor workers) may experience health effects during outdoor activities sooner than others.
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It’s important that your children stay on track with their wellness check ups and routine vaccinations to protect them from vaccine-preventable diseases. The @AmerAcadPeds recommends the safe, proven protection of vaccines. Follow the @CDCgov Immunization schedule.
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This is our February 2023 COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Schedule, held at 1840 E. Gypsy Lane Rd. Bowling Green. Appts preferred; walk-ins accepted as space allows. Schedule appts via the ArmorVax app or at Clinics serve children six months and older and adults.
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Health Center Pharmacy Patients: The pharmacy will be closed today, 1/25/23, due to impending severe weather.
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Mental health is just as important as physical health. You can improve your mental health by being physically active, eating a healthy diet, practicing gratitude. If you feel like you need more help, talk with your healthcare provider about mental health medication or counseling.
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We are looking to hire a Finance Director/Chief Financial Officer. Please share if you know someone who would be a good fit for this position! For more information and how to apply click here:
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It’s National Public Health Week! . It was only after the experiments by French scientist Louis Pasteur, founder of microbiology, that we were able to study the behavior of bacteria and viruses, yielding great progress in public health and hygiene.
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It’s National Public Health Week! Our Environmental Health Specialists enforce rules regarding food preparation & sales. If you’re interested in reading online food inspection reports, click here:
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April 7, 1948 marks the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization and World Health Day is celebrated each year to draw attention to a specific health topic. This year’s theme is “Our planet, our health.”
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It’s National Public Health Week! Public health touches our lives each and every day. Vaccines protect from diseases such as chicken pox, whooping cough, polio, diphtheria, measles, rubella, tetanus, Hib, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis A, mumps, rotavirus & more.
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It’s National Public Health Week! Public health touches our lives each and every day. Did you know our WIC program provides nutrition education specifically for Women, Infants, and Children?
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It’s National Public Health Week! Public health touches our lives each day. Throughout this week we will be sharing ways that public health touches all of our lives everyday. Public health personnel work in hospitals, dental offices, community clinics, health departments & more.
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The Health Center provides health care services for the entire family. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, the Health Center accepts Medicaid, Medicare and most insurance plans. Many fees are based on household size and income.
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It is World Autism Awareness Day. Supporters around the globe light up their homes or businesses blue! Encourage acceptance, understanding and inclusion with daily acts of kindness at school, work or in your community.
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This April for Distracted Driving Awareness Month, help make our roads safer for us all and take the National Safety Council #JustDrive Pledge to drive distraction-free:
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