Dr. Dominic Gaziano is the new health officer at the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department. The Kanawha-Charleston Board of Health took the action at a Feb. 26 special meeting.
Archives for February 2018
KCHD Prevention, Wellness director guests on UC talk radio series
Tina Ramirez, director of prevention and wellness for the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, will participate in a live blog talk radio series on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m.
KCHD Prevention, Wellness director guests on UC talk radio series
Tina Ramirez, director of prevention and wellness for the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, will participate in a live blog talk radio series on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m.
The radio show is part of the Script Your Future campaign. Hosts are Dr. Susan Gardner, assistant dean for student and professional affairs; and Dr. Sarah Embrey, assistant professor. Both are University of Charleston School of Pharmacy faculty members.
Free flu shots available Feb. 22 on bus at transit mall
The Kanawha County Commission, the Kanawha Regional Transit Authority and the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department are joining to offer free flu shots to Kanawha County residents. On Thursday, Feb. 22, a KRT bus will be parked at the transit mall in Charleston from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. KCHD will staff the bus and offer free flu shots to anyone interested.
Former educator lauds free flu shots as ‘extremely good use of my taxpayer money’
“Kudos to the county commission—Kent Carper and the other commissioners. They were [at Charleston Town Center] giving free flu shots, hand sanitizer and Clorox wipes. They were actually walking up and down the mall to give hand sanitizer and Clorox wipes to people, and I just thought that was an extremely good use of my taxpayer money…”