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Douglas County Wants Your Thoughts on Health Plan
Your help is needed to ensure Douglas County is a thriving community where optimal health is assured for all.
The Douglas County Health Department and Live Well Omaha are asking your help in developing a Community Healt...
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Douglas County Wants Your Thoughts on Health Plan
Your help is needed to ensure Douglas County is a thriving community where optimal health is assured for all.
The Douglas County Health Department and Live Well Omaha are asking your help in developing a Community Healt...
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Douglas County Wants Your Thoughts on Health Plan
Your help is needed to ensure Douglas County is a thriving community where optimal health is assured for all.
The Douglas County Health Department and Live Well Omaha are asking your help in developing a Community Healt...
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Saving Lives, Saving Money - Public Health is Return on Investment
April 1-5 is National Public Health Week
Public health is a part of our daily lives. If you dined at a restaurant, public health made sure your dining was safe and healthy, if you drank fresh water, public health made sure it was clean and safe, ...
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April is Get Yourself Tested Month
The Douglas County Health Department wants you to know your status. The only way to do that is to get yourself tested.
April is Get Yourself Tested (GYT) Month. Health care providers across the country are partnering to raise awareness, encoura...
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STD Testing Dates for April 2013
April 1, 2-4pm Millard Library, 13214 Westwood Lane
April 1, 5:30-7pm STD/HIV, Respect Clinic, 5050 Ames Avenue
April 1, 8-10pm FLIXX (HIV/STD and Syphilis) 10th & Pacific Street
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Show Your Love Campaign Focus Is Healthy Habits Before Pregnancy
Show Your Love Campaign Focus Is Healthy Habits Before Pregnancy
Getting healthy is one way to show you care about yourself. Taking steps to get healthy today is also a wonderful way to show your love for the child you may not ev...
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Safe Thanksgiving Dinners Require Planning
Turkeys need to be treated with special care or they can ruin your Thanksgiving holiday by making you very sick with fo...
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West Nile Surveillance Underway in Douglas County
The Douglas County Health Department has once again received CDC funding to provide surveillance for West Nile Virus.
The department collects mosquitoes in traps every two weeks to assess the types and number of mosquitoes ...
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London Calling – Communicable Diseases Too!
If you’re planning to attend the Summer Olympic Games in London, feel free to bring home lots of tea and British souvenirs. But please, skip the communicable diseases.
People...
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Making Life Better through Living Well Workshops
For those who have enjoyed active, healthy, involved lives, getting older may not have to mean major changes. If you think slowing down is just part of “getting older,” think again.
Then, think about attending the free Living Well Workshop...
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A Healthier America is Public Health Week Focus
The Douglas County Health Department invites you to participate in National Public Health Week, April 2-8. This year’s theme of “A Healthier America Begins Today – Join the Movement” is a perfect fit for Douglas County.
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Get Yourself Tested Month
The Douglas County Health Department has made no secret that we have an epidemic of STDs in our community. April is Get Yourself Tested Month, and your chance to take a stand and turn the tide in this battle.
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Free GYT screening locations for April
April GYT Testing Locations
April 2 Millard Library (STD) 2-4 p.m.
April 2 FLIXX (HIV/STD, Syphilis) 8-10 p.m.
April 3 Charles Washington Branch Library (STD/HIV) 2-4 p.m.
April 5...
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More Health Department Employees Now Pest Certified
Randy Nickeson and Jon Ruff of the Douglas County Health Department recently became licensed in Public Health Pest Management.
The two are Registered Environmental Health Speci...
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Free Colon Cancer Screening Kits Available
Thousands of free colon cancer test kits are available!
The Douglas County Health Department wants to remind everyone that colon cancer is one of the most treatable forms of cancer when caught early, and...
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Set Your Clocks – Check Your Stocks
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday at 2 a.m., and, while you don’t have to stay up to change your clocks - “spring forward” – the Douglas County Health Department and the American Public Health...
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Super Bowl Provides Giant Opportunity for New Food Ideas
At Super Bowl parties, the food can be as much fun as the game.
As a celebration, Super Bowl Sunday has become another national feast day, and there...
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Douglas County Health Department Reports Season’s First Flu Death
A woman in her 80s from Douglas County died this week at a local hospital of complications from the seasonal flu, according to the Douglas County Health Department.
She is thought to be the fir...
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Douglas County Health Department Expands Free Radon Test Kit Offer
The Douglas County Health Department has expanded its free radon test kit offer through the end of the month. The kits were made available through a grant from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.
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