The Chesterfield Daily

The Chesterfield County Health Department will hold a flu-vaccination clinic for adults 19 and older Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2-7 p.m.

The clinic, which will be by appointment only, will be held in the multipurpose room of the Smith-Wagner Building, 9501 Lucy Corr Circle.

Appointments can be made by calling the Health Department at 768-7499.

The cost of the vaccination is $30. Medicare Part B will be billed. Please bring your Medicare Part B insurance card to the clinic.

Influenza vaccinations for children are given on a walk-in basis through the Health Department’s regular childhood immunization clinics held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9-11 a.m. and 1-4 p.m.; and on Thursdays, 9-11 a.m. and 1-6 p.m., except during the first Thursday morning of each month.

Apparently back in August a kid from the JV football team had a staph infection and now two new cases have popped up and they are now taking preventative measures to stop the spread. MRSA a drug-resistant staph that can spread quickly was the cause of death of a Bedford County high school student on Monday. (more…)

CJW is starting their 29.6 billion dollar cancer hospital project tomorrow. This 51,000 sq/ft hospital is set to finish in 2009 and help in treating 2000 patients a year. (Referenced RTD)

This month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Women have a 1 in 33 chance of breast cancer causing their death and with an astounding 502,000 deaths in 2005, women can never be too careful. Fore more information regarding health and prevention visit the National Breast Cancer Foundation or American Cancer Society