The First Responder Cruise-Thru Clinic will take place Tuesday, September 27, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, 108 Lee Street E., Charleston. Anyone working (on duty or off duty) in the first-responder community is welcome. Immediate family members, retirees and volunteers are welcome, too. Participants should bring their vaccination cards.
Archives for September 2022
HEALTH ADVISORY #205 Acute Flaccid Melitis (AFM)
Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) is a reportable condition in West Virginia. Suspected cases should be reported to the local health department (LHD) per the West Virginia Reportable Disease Rule (64 CSR7). Surveillance has shown that AFM cases generally peak in the months of September and October. A biennial pattern has been observed with a larger number of cases reported in 2014, 2016, and 2018. In 2020, cases did not increase likely due to pandemic mitigation measures. Health officials are unsure what to expect in 2022. Public health partners and healthcare providers should be aware of the symptoms of AFM and the related resources to assist with identifying, reporting, and collecting specimens of suspected AFM cases at any time.
New Bivalent COVID-19 Boosters And Flu Vaccines Available Beginning Monday At KCHD
Kanawha-Charleston Health Department will begin administering both the much-anticipated COVID-19 bivalent booster and the flu vaccine beginning Monday, Sept. 12, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. No appointments are required for these vaccines.
HEALTH ALERT #204 CDC Recommends Omicron COVID-19 Booster
On September 1, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) endorsed the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendations for use of the COVID-19 Omicron updated boosters (i.e., bivalent boosters) from Pfizer-BioNTech for people ages 12 years and older and from Moderna for people ages 18 years and older.