South Health District

The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH), last week, confirmed the state’s first human case of chikungunya this year.

New for the 2014-2015 academic year, a DPH rule, requires all students born on or after January 1, 2002 entering or transferring into seventh grade and any “new entrant” entering into 8th-12th grades in Georgia provide proof of an adolescent pertussis (whooping cough) booster vaccination (called “Tdap”) AND an adolescent meningococcal vaccination (MCV4).

May’s Better Hearing and Speech Month is the ideal time for parents, spouses, and the general public to learn how to recognize the early signs of hearing problems.

There are 25.5 million Americans living with asthma, a disease affecting the lungs, causing repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing.

DPH urges all Georgians to protect infants from vaccine-preventable diseases by getting them vaccinated on time, every time.

Before your child heads off to summer camp or vacation this year, make sure they are up-to-date on their immunizations, especially pertussis and meningitis!

Tobacco use will be prohibited on all Georgia public college campuses, including Valdosta State University.

This World TB Day, we call for further collaboration to find and treat TB.

Every 10 minutes, someone in this country dies from colorectal cancer, a cancer that can be prevented. Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers and most common causes of death from cancer in Georgia.

The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) encourages Georgia residents to be extremely cautious when participating in health-related telephone surveys.