Healthy Savannah Reminds Public to Get a Flu Vaccine

Healthy Savannah and the YMCA of Coastal Georgia are reminding everyone 6 months and older that there’s still time to get a flu vaccine. As administrators of a five-year, $5.1 million Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) grant awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in September 2023, the organizations are observing National Influenza Vaccination Week from December 4-8, 2023, with an important public message about the availability and accessibility of the flu vaccine. […]

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Summary of Data From All Schools

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