Announcement
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Operation Drumstick Aims to Stop COVID-19 Spread During Thanksgiving Dinner
November 2020: Operation Drumstick gave about 2,500 COVID-19 tests and flu shots in Kanawha County in the days before Thanksgiving.
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Back-to-School Immunizations by Appointment Only This Year
Back-to-school shots by appointment only during the pandemic, and the West Virginia school vaccine requirements.
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Purchase Vehicles Declared Surplus Property by the County Health Department
The county health department offered vehicles that it declared surplus property for purchase.
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Free Diabetes Management Classes
Free diabetes self-management classes in Kanawha County: what they cover and where to find them now.
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Walk-Up Vaccine Clinic at Wagging Tales & Nitro Ales
A walk-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Wagging Tales & Nitro Ales event in Nitro, part of the county health department push to take vaccines into towns.
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Operation Drumstick
Operation Drumstick, Thanksgiving week 2020: COVID-19 testing and flu shots at four sites before the holiday.
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Kanawha County Community Health Improvement Survey
If you live, learn, work or play in Kanawha County you’re invited to take part in a community needs assessment. Click this link to share your thoughts about Kanawha County-and what we can do to improve life for everyone here. The survey is sponsored by the Kanawha Coalition for Community Health Impr
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Board of Health Establishes an Outstanding Public Health Leadership Award
March 2022: the county board of health created a yearly public health leadership award named for a former county health officer.
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Don’t Wait. Set Your Booster Date!
COVID-19 booster timing as published in early 2022: Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.
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Drive-Through Testing and Vaccination Clinic
December 29, 2021: a drive-through COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic in Charleston gave 351 tests and 202 COVID-19 vaccines to holiday travelers.