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Norwood health staff announce MMR availability, West Nile detection and changes to school dental screenings
Summary
At the Town of Norwood Board of Health meeting June 23, health staff said MMR vaccine is now available through the town program for school-age children, reported an early West Nile–positive mosquito sample from Worcester County and said a local school dental screening partner has stopped weekly clinics.
At a June 23 Town of Norwood Board of Health meeting, the town’s public health staff said measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is again available through the town’s vaccine program for children up to age 18, reminded residents that COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for people ages 6 months and older, and reported the first West Nile–positive mosquito sample of the season was detected in Worcester County.
The MMR supply is being offered through the town’s children’s vaccine program. "We now have MMR," the public health nurse said, adding that school nurses have been notified and that families should call the health…
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