Environmental health specialists from the Fayette County and Kanawha-Charleston health departments hand delivered and mailed letters this week to Paint Creek-area residents whose water wells were tested for a chemical spilled on the West Virginia Turnpike in late August.
Archives for October 2022
KCHD Giving Omicron Boosters, Flu Shots At Humana’s Inaugural Community Health Fair Thursday
CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA – Humana and the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department are teaming up for a Community Health Fair tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 20, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will take place at Humana’s Southridge location off of Corridor G. KCHD’s Clinic team will be giving COVID-19 omicron boosters and flu shots throughout the […]
Please Safety Check Your Heart Health Before Going Hunting
Like many West Virginians, I, too, am an avid hunter. I share this information about myself because I understand the lure of the mountains this time of year. When the leaves put on their fall colors, my mind turns to the woods. I want to be nowhere else, and I know my fellow sportsmen and women feel the same.
As a longtime emergency physician, I’ve seen a tragic side of hunting, too. It forces me to have painful conversations with families who have just lost loved ones because they had a heart attack or stroke while hunting and couldn’t get help quickly enough. This little-known consequence of a tradition so many of us love is something we don’t like to think or talk about, but we should.