Diabetes is a lifelong condition that causes a person’s blood sugar level to become too high. There are 2 main types…
Breast Cancer Awareness Month, held in October every year, was created in 1985 to promote screening and prevention of the…
While seasonal influenza (flu) viruses are detected year-round in the United States, flu viruses are most common during the fall…
On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updates to its general COVID-19 community guidance and Operational…
Temperatures across the United States are steadily rising each year. This month (June 2022) temperatures will reach triple digits across…
Extreme summer heat is increasing in the United States. Climate projections indicate that extreme heat events will be more frequent…
The Biden Administration is announcing that COVIDTests.gov is now open for a third round of ordering. U.S. households are now…
The Area Public Health Resources Directory has been updated (Oct 13, 2022). The directory contains resources to provide all residents…
Join May 17 and take advantage of these FREE community connections:• Durable Medical Equipment Program (Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital)• Glucose…
Get your organization listed in the Sweetwater-Nolan County Area Resource Directory and
The SNCHD will be changing Water Lab hours beginning Monday, April 11th. SNCHD is working diligently to maintain a viable…
the Food and Drug Administration authorized a second booster dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech or the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for people 50 and older and certain immunocompromised individuals.
Fully vaccinated Americans are 14 times less likely to die of COVID-19 than those who haven’t gotten the shots. Boosted…
Varicella (chickenpox) is a highly contagious disease caused by a virus called varicella-zoster