Walk-in flu-shot clinic

Walk-in flu-shot clinic

AUSTINTOWN

The Mahoning County District Board of Health, 50 Westchester Drive, is offering a walk-in flu-shot clinic from noon to 6 p.m. Nov. 20.

No appointment is necessary, but patients should bring insurance cards, driver’s license, Medicaid and Medicare cards so the cost of the vaccine can be billed. Most private insurances are accepted.

With proof of insurance, the flu vaccine is free. Without proof of insurance, the cost is $40 for those 6 months and older for the quadrivalent (4 flu-virus strains) and $55 for those 65 and older who get the high-dose trivalent (3 flu-virus strains) vaccine. The nasal-spray influenza vaccine is not available.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control recommends that the following people get flu shots: everyone 6 months and older; people at high risk of developing flu-related complications; children 6 months to 2 years; adults 65 and older; pregnant women and women up to 2 weeks postpartum; residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities; and individuals with chronic medical conditions such as asthma, COPD, cystic fibrosis, heart disease, blood disorders, diabetes, kidney, liver or endocrine disorders, weakened immune systems due to diseases such as cancer, HIV or AIDS, or medications such as chronic steroid use or long-term aspirin use in people under 19.

Crisis Intervention Training program

NEW MIDDLETOWN

New Middletown Police Officer Christopher Walla recently completed a 40-hour Crisis Intervention Training program sponsored by the Mahoning County Mental Health and Recovery Board.

The program instructs officers on how to respond to service calls for people suffering from mental health crises, and includes lectures from experts in mental health, tours of community facilities and role playing.

Seven of New Middletown’s eight police officers have been certified as Crisis Intervention Officers, said Police Chief Vincent D’Egidio.

Kathryn Phillippi, DO

AKRON

Kathryn Phillippi, DO, recently joined Akron Children’s Hospital as a pediatric rheumatologist. After graduating from medical school at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens, Phillippi completed her residency in pediatrics at Akron Children’s and a fellowship in pediatric rheumatology at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland. She is board-certified in pediatrics.

Annual fundraiser

SALEM

The Women’s Committee for United Autoworkers Local 1112 at the General Motors Lordstown Complex in Lordstown raised $1,371 during its annual fundraiser for breast-cancer awareness and prevention, which it donated to Salem Regional Medical Center. The money will be used for breast- cancer diagnosis and treatment and to support women needing assistance in obtaining mammography examinations.

Salem Regional recently installed a new state-of-the-art 3-D digital mammography units at the hospital’s main campus and its satellite facility in Columbiana.

Creative-thinking workshop Nov. 16

SHARON, PA.

Guest speaker at the Buhl Regional Health Foundation’s second annual forum Nov. 16 is Dr. Roger Firestien, creativity consultant, who will lead a presentation and creative-thinking workshop to address the community’s challenges, including including mental-health stigma and care and healthy food access and education.

The forum is from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Penn State Shenango Auditorium, Vine Avenue, Sharon.

For information and reservations, e-mail info@buhlrhf.org.