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Health department urges residents to follow social channels, details vaccine and data work
Summary
The town health department reported outreach plans, updates on tuberculosis response and respiratory vaccination data, changes to pediatric flu clinics, and current staffing for inspections and septic work.
The Health Department told the Health and Human Services Commission it is expanding its social-media outreach and will post health-education events and guidance on Facebook and Instagram to reach more residents. Amy Lahimi, Health Department staff, said, “We will be posting all of our health education offerings,” and asked commissioners to share the accounts.
The department reported staff training and preparedness related to tuberculosis (TB). Lahimi said the public-health nurse attended a TB symposium and described local follow-up if a case appears: the nurse would monitor patients, oversee medications and testing, and perform direct-observed therapy…
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