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Fine particulate matter levels are expected to be very unhealthy for much of the state, according to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
Free, confidential screening for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI) will be available from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, June 26. The Allen County Department of Health will offer testing for HIV and hepatitis C at Walgreens, 110 E. Creighton Ave. (Corner of East Creighton and South Calhoun Street) for National HIV Testing Day. Rapid syphilis testing also will be available to those at risk.
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management said ozone levels are expected to be unhealthy for sensitive groups across the state.
Indiana University’s Prevention Insights has partnered with the Allen County Department of Health to expand overdose prevention efforts and strengthen community readiness across Allen County.
With respiratory illnesses rising locally and across Indiana, precautions are increasingly important to protect friends, family and those among our most vulnerable residents – patients being treated in health care facilities in Allen County.
The city of Fort Wayne announced warming centers are available during the cold winter months.
The Allen County Department of Health continues working to improve public health, partnering again with more than a dozen valued nonprofit organizations committed to collaborative, innovative efforts to make and keep residents healthy.
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management forecast an Air Quality Action Day due to fine particulate matter to be in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range
Summer isn’t just a busy time for humans. Mosquitoes are also active, and some types of the tiny, buzzing pests can transmit diseases such as West Nile Virus – the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental U.S.
Free, confidential screening for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections will be available from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on National HIV Testing Day – Friday, June 27.
Temperatures are heating up, and several locations will serve as cooling stations throughout the summer.
Particulate matter in the air from wildfires in Canada could reach the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range, according to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.