Thanks to the Whitley County Family YMCA and Parkview Whitley Hospital, there will be a health screen blood draw on January 27.

The health screen blood draw will take place from 6:30 a.m. until 9 a.m. in Columbia City at the Whitley County Family YMCA.

The tests being offered are the Chem 17, the PSA, and the TSH, though a 10 to 12 hour fast is recommended.

For YMCA members the tests are $22 and $25 for non-members.

For more, see the article from our partner in the Whitley News Network, Talk of the Town, at http://www.talkofthetownwc.com/.

COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (Nov. 11, 2009) – A free H1N1 immunization clinic  will be held Thursday, Nov. 12, from 16 p.m. at the Whitley County Government Center, Health Department, 220 W. Van Buren St.

The clinic is for Whitley County women who are pregnant, for any child from 6 months to 18 years of age, people ages 19-64 with chronic health problems, especially pulmonary conditions, and for any parent/caretaker with a child under the age of six months. Children under 6 months old cannot be immunized and therefore the parents are being offered the immunizations.

No appointment is necessary. Participants must show proof of (Whitley County) residency or be referred by a Whitley County doctor and must be in the target groups specified.

For more information call the Whitley County Health Department’s immunization clinic at 260-244-2310.

Watch this site for announcements of the WCHD weekly clinics as well as information on which groups will be eligible for the H1N1 vaccines.