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County Awarded $12.4 million to Establish New Recuperative Beds

| 2:55 PM

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County Behavioral Health Services has been awarded $12.4 million in state funding for bridge housing. The funds will be used to create 49 new recuperative care beds for people who are experiencing homelessness and have a behavioral health condition. 

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County Recommends Vaccines including HPV Shots Ahead of the School Year

| 8:42 AM

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County health officials are reminding parents and guardians to put vaccines on their child’s back-to-school list.  

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County to Hand Spray for Mosquitoes in Mt. Hope Area

| 2:19 PM

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County Vector Control crews plan to hand-spray a neighborhood in the Mt. Hope area this week to keep mosquitoes from potentially spreading the dengue virus after mosquitoes were found near a person who contracted dengue outside the U.S.