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Wednesday, February 20, 2013 

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  Updated with video; In honor of Black History Month, SOWEGA Council on Aging brought in Dr. Jacqueline H. Grant, District Health Director for the Southwest Georgia Health District, to speak to seniors at the Albany Senior Center.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012  Schools are taking steps to fight childhood obesity.

Thursday, August 02, 2012  Updated with video; The Georgia Department of Public Health announced the eight-county metropolitan Atlanta area has seen an increase in pertussis or whooping cough.

Wednesday, November 09, 2011  Parents are hoping to infect their children with the chicken pox.

Monday, November 07, 2011  Updated with video; Shigella continues to spread across Southwest Georgia.

Thursday, July 28, 2011  Updated with video; So far, no cases of West Nile virus have been reported in Southwest Health District this season, and public health officials would like to keep it that way.

Friday, December 03, 2010  The Southwest Georgia Health District’s disease trackers say the unusual amount of influenza activity in Georgia so early in the season is worrisome, and urge residents who haven’t yet gotten vaccinated against seasonal flu to do so.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010  Aside from getting the typical shot in the arm, this is the first year the county is giving a mist version of the season flu vaccine.

Thursday, August 19, 2010  EMS, military, and elected leaders were among those attending. The class was designed to make sure every community leader knows their role during a disaster.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009  The Southwest Health District opens H1N1 nasal-spray vaccine to more priority groups.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009  “We are monitoring what appear to be Influenza Type A clusters in Dougherty and Lee counties,” said Southwest Health District Deputy Director Brenda Greene.

Thursday, June 25, 2009  A 12-year-old boy and a 40-year-old man, both in Thomas County, have been identified as the first confirmed cases of H1N1 in Southwest Georgia Health District.

Tuesday, May 05, 2009  Last month’s severe flooding damaged many southwest Georgia homes and businesses, and the overabundance of water continues to harmfully affect residents in the form of mosquitoes.

Thursday, February 26, 2009  We’re in the middle of the flu season and plenty of cases are being reported in southwest Georgia.