8/14/14 - August is National Immunization Awareness Month, and the Livingston County Department of Public Health is reminding residents to get vaccinated. The month was chosen in part because of the vaccinations required by the government for children in public schools, but Health Educator Chelsea Moxlow says Livingston County has an unusually high rate of children whose parents get waivers for that requirement. She says this not only makes the children more susceptible to infectious diseases, it makes them more likely to spread those diseases to people with weakened immune systems. The health department offers all of the recommended vaccines from birth through adulthood at its immunization clinics, held every Wednesday at its office on Grand River in Howell. The clinic is open beginning at 8:30am, lasting to 7pm on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month and 4:30pm on every other week. There is an administrative fee for immunizations, and for certain inoculations the department may charge for the vaccine itself, but no child will be denied state-required immunizations due to inability to pay. Federal payment assistance is also available. For more information, contact the Livingston County Health Department, the offices of which are located on Grand River in Howell. (TD)
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