Children’s Dental Health Month
Teaching the Youth Promoting Healthy Habits During Children’s Dental Health Month The Health Department of Northwest Michigan (HDNW) is taking part in National Children’s Dental Health Month by distributing about 2,000 toothbrush kits to children and providing...
Celebrate American Heart Month
Join the #OurHearts Movement February is American Heart Month! Did you know that people who have close relationships at home, work, or in their community tend to be healthier and live longer? One reason, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute...
HDNW giving out free, at-home radon test kits
Tasteless and Odorless HDNW giving out free, at-home radon test kits When a gas is odorless and tasteless, how do you know if it’s reaching dangerous levels in your home? You test for it. January is National Radon Action Month, and the Health Department of Northwest...
Now’s the time to get an updated COVID vaccine
Although COVID hasn’t gone away, our community is in a stronger place today because we have the tools to protect one another, especially safe and effective vaccines. The COVID vaccines continue to work very well at preventing severe illness, hospitalization, and...
CDC Expands Updated COVID-19 Vaccines to Include Children Ages 6 Months through 5 Years
Following FDA action, today CDC expanded the use of updated (bivalent) COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 6 months through 5 years. Children ages 6 months through 5 years who previously completed a Moderna primary series are eligible to receive a Moderna bivalent...
Thorell hired as health officer for Health Department of Northwest Michigan
After overseeing operations of the Health Department of Northwest Michigan (HDNW) since April 30, interim health office Daniel R. Thorell has been hired as the organization’s health officer by the four-county board of health. The final vote took place during the Dec....
Be a Flu Fighter
Take Action During National Influenza Vaccination Week from Health Department of Northwest Michigan While fall begins the focus on flu season, December kicks off with National Influenza Vaccination Week, Dec. 5-9. Flu remains a significant public health concern, and...
Preventing RSV
from CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/rsv/about/prevention.html Respiratory syncytial (sin-SISH-uhl) virus, or RSV, is a common respiratory virus that usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms. Most people recover in a week or two, but RSV can be serious, especially for infants...
Have you been tested to see if you’re prediabetic?
From Health Department of Northwest Michigan (11/08/22) Approximately 96 million American adults—more than one in three—have prediabetes. Of those with prediabetes, more than 80% don’t know they have it, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
