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Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department raising awareness of bird flu

The Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department is raising awareness of the H5N1 avian bird flu and other diseases that affect animals ...

NC Health Department says full SNAP benefits to be issued throughout November

Buncombe County staff gave a Nov. 6 update on the government shutdown's impact to SNAP and other federally funded programs.
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Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department reports rise in whooping cough

The Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department has recorded more cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, this year than in ...
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Local health departments worry about government shutdown’s effects on staffing, disease outbreaks and nutrition services

The US government’s shutdown is shaking the nation at a time when public health staffing has already been reduced, the threat of disease outbreaks looms, and both the respiratory virus season and ...