How Poor Housing Leads to Poor Health

How Poor Housing Leads to Poor Health
roaches

About Roaches

It came from within. Some of the worst home health hazards, such as the black mold crawling across the ceiling of an apartment (left) and the cockroach droppings blanketing the floor behind a refrigerator (below), arise inside homes that are poorly maintained or designed. Indoor mold and cockroach antigens have both been associated with worsened asthma and other adverse health effects.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

120607 mv - HPV vaccine

HPV VACCINE
(PUBLIC HEALTH) — The Department of Public Health is getting ready to administer the second dose of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine to female students in the high schools of the CNMI. Three doses are necessary to complete the vaccine series. Although the second dose will be administered at the schools starting Dec. 10, any student who failed to get her first HPV dose can still get her first shot while the second dose is being administered at school. She can also visit the Southern Wellness Community Center in San Antonio or any private clinic on Saipan to acquire the first dose. The free vaccine is also available for girls 18 and under who are not in school. Girls under the age of 18 must have written consent from her parents or guardian to receive the vaccine. For more information, call 664-4850.

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