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Free Summer Carnival Offers COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic to Stockton Residents

Features family fun games and prizes, music WHAT:  VaccinateALL58 is partnering with local organizations to host a Summer Carnival offering a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at no charge for all eligible residents. Event partners include Little Manilla Rising, El Concilio California, Communities for a New California, Reinvent South Stockton Coalition, North Valley Labor Federation, STAND Affordable Housing, Emergency Food Bank, HealthForce Partners, and …

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Life Expectancy Among Asian Populations Dropped Three Years During COVID-19

Getting Vaccinated Provides Best Defense to Staying Safer and Keeping Life Expectancy Higher By: Dr. Dali Fan, UC Davis Health Life expectancy has dropped for all Californians during the pandemic, including Asian populations who have historically had the longest life expectancy among all racial groups in the U.S., according to a new study released by the Journal of the American …

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Read to Ride Program

For every two books you read, receive two rides free and a monorail ticket at the CA State Fair & Food Festival! A $15.00 value. The Read to Ride program is open to students from kindergarten through eighth grade. Students must read two books, write a summary, then bring the completed form to the California State Fair Guest Services office …

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DuPage County Health Department Announces Protect Swimmers Day on Thursday, July 21, 2022

DuPage County – On Protect Swimmers Day, there is one focus, to keep children safer by water. Residents are urged to make water safety a priority and to take steps to protect children from drowning. On July 21st, DuPage County Health Department (DCHD) brought together, organizations, businesses, and swimming facilities across metro Chicago to raise community awareness about child and adolescent …

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The National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Adopts New 988 Dialing Code

On Friday, July 15, the Department of Health (DOH) announced the launch of a new three-digit dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (NSPL). Anyone experiencing suicidal or mental health-related distress can now access care by dialing 988 or the former NSPL number, 1-800-273-TALK (8255), which will remain active. Secretary of Health Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH shared, “Providing …

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Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 with Exposure Notifications through WA Notify

Knowing when you’ve been exposed to someone with COVID-19 allows you to test, isolate and protect those around you, ultimately reducing the spread of COVID-19.   The Department of Health (DOH) developed WA Notify, a tool that allows users to anonymously report and receive exposure notifications. WA Notify is free, completely private and does not track your personal information or location. …

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Tips for Staying COVID-safe This Summer

By Dr. Bora Shin Pediatrician, KCS Health Center & Children’s Health of Orange County Picnics, camping, beach trips, pool parties – these are all part of summer fun in California. To make sure your vacations, family gatherings and summer celebrations stay COVID free, I’m sharing a few tips and precautions to keep you and your family safer. I know we …

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为了度过一个快乐安全的暑期,您的孩子做好准备了吗? “我们做得到”(We Can Do This)预防 COVID-19 宣传教育活动

无论是参加暑期学习项目,还是去露营,或者是加入一个新的体育团队,夏天对孩子们来说都是一个令人兴奋的时间段,可获得新的学习、玩耍及成长体验。但是,如果您的孩子还没有接种 COVID-19 疫苗,他们可能没有机会享受每年的这个特殊时间段。 COVID-19 仍然是一个公共健康问题,并且对儿童的长期影响仍不清楚。但是,也有好消息。父母和看护人员现在可以让他们 6 个月至 5 岁的孩子去接种辉瑞-生物科技 (Pfizer-BioNTech) 或莫德纳 (Moderna) 疫苗,以更好地保护他们免受 COVID-19 的侵害。所有儿童,包括已经感染 COVID-19 的儿童,都应该接种疫苗。 不要错过这个机会,让孩子为暑期做好准备。COVID-19 疫苗是安全的。它们已经— 并将继续—接受美国史上强度最大的安全监测。这些年幼儿童的儿科疫苗接种已经开始在全国各地分发。本周,成千上万的儿科诊所、药房、联邦合格的卫生中心、地方卫生部门、诊所及其他相关地点都将有疫苗提供。 父母可以采取以下一些简单步骤来确保孩子这个暑期的安全,特别是当与其他孩子一起参加项目时: 让您的孩子接种疫苗。接种疫苗是预防严重疾病的最好方法。5 岁及以下的儿童可以接种无论哪种可用疫苗(莫德纳或辉瑞-生物科技)。每个符合条件的 5 岁或以上的儿童也应接种 COVID 加强针。父母可以联系其医生、护士、当地药房或卫生部们或浏览 vaccines.gov 网站,查看哪里可以获得儿童疫苗。 实施一般安全措施。确保孩子知道良好的洗手技巧并保持供应含至少 60% 酒精的洗手液。由于许多年幼儿童尚未接种疫苗,他们应该持续佩戴最具保护性、最合适的口罩。 降低 COVID-19 传播的风险。如果孩子接触了 COVID 或者出现疾病症状,请让他们待在家里。在参加任何团体活动之前,或者如果怀疑孩子可能生病了,请让孩子进行检测。如果检测呈阳性,请遵循美国疾病与预防中心 (CDC) 的检疫和隔离指导,并通知您孩子正在参加的团体、团队或项目。     如果孩子接触了 COVID 或者出现与 COVID 一致的症状,请让他们待在家里。如果您的孩子与患有 COVID 的人有过密切接触,请让他们远离暑期课程待在家里 5 天,进行检测,同时采取预防措施(如周围有人时佩戴口罩),一直到第 10 天。如果您的孩子有以下任何症状,您应该让他们待在家里,进行检测,并通知露营工作人员:发烧或发冷、咳嗽、呼吸短促或呼吸困难、疲劳、肌肉或身体疼痛、头痛、新出现味觉或嗅觉丧失、喉咙痛、鼻塞或流鼻涕、恶心或呕吐或腹泻。 如果您孩子因 COVID-19 而患重病的风险很高,请采取额外的预防措施。患有某些健康问题(如哮喘、糖尿病、肥胖和镰状细胞病)的儿童,因 COVID 而患重病的机会更大。与您孩子的医疗保健提供者交谈,了解您有哪些选择可帮助保护孩子。 欲知更多接种 COVID 疫苗如何让您的家人今夏有最佳体验,请浏览 vaccines.gov。

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