Snohomish Health District is the local public health agency for Snohomish County.
Our public health professionals work for a safer and healthier community through
essential programs and services.
Free Testing May 18
If you had a disease that could kill you, you’d want to know about it, right? Hepatitis C is treatable if caught early – yet it is the leading infectious cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer and is the most common reason for liver transplants in the United States.
Snohomish Health District offers free testing for hepatitis C on Friday, May 18 at our Everett office. Read more ...
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Pharmacies Help Fight Whooping Cough
In an effort to slow the spread of whooping cough in Snohomish County, the Snohomish Health District has launched a campaign to increase vaccinations that prevent the highly contagious disease.
Whooping cough – also called pertussis -- sickens babies most severely because they have no immunity. Adults need a booster shot because the childhood vaccine wears off over time.
The Health District is placing free whooping cough vaccine in retail pharmacies to immunize low-income, uninsured adults throughout the county. The 15 participating pharmacies will charge $15 or less to give the shot.
Read more about whooping cough and vaccination.
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