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Onslow County Health Department urges immunizations, vision and hearing screenings and water-safety precautions
Summary
Alessandra Sams said the health department provides immunizations required for kindergarten, 7th and 12th grades, sports and well-child physicals, vision and hearing screening, and recommended families supervise water activities and respect beach flags ahead of school.
Alessandra Sams of the Onslow County Health Department asked families to use remaining summer weeks to practice water-safety habits — "make sure somebody's always focusing on" swimmers and respect beach flags — and outlined services the department provides to prepare students for school.
Sams said the department offers required immunizations for children entering kindergarten, 7th grade and 12th grade, provides state-supplied vaccines for children on Medicaid, and performs sports and well‑child physicals along with vision and hearing screenings. Appointments can be scheduled with the health department, which she said offers lunch‑hour availability; families should bring prior shot records when possible so staff can enter them into North Carolina’s immunization system.
