Mobile County Department of Health

The Mobile County Health Department (MCHD) is announcing a positive test for West Nile Virus (WNV). This comes from a specimen in a mosquito trap used to detect mosquito-borne diseases in the community. The virus has been confirmed by laboratory results, and the mosquito trap is in the 36541 ZIP Code area.

The hot, steamy, months of July and August are peak mosquito season on the Gulf Coast. The Mobile County Public Health Department is preparing for this battle of the bugs by bringing in a new batch of recruits to help out. They’re not human foot soldiers but sentinel chickens. This APR story was made possible by a grant from the Caring Foundation.

The Mobile County Health Department and its Family Health locations are among the facilities closing today because of the threat of violent weather. Forecasters with the National Weather Service are predicting severe storms, with wind gusts of up to eighty miles per hour. There’s also the possibility of tornadoes as strong as EF2’s. Other governmental offices and schools are responding as well.

National Health Center Week begins today (Monday, August 7th). The Mobile County Health Department is working with its primary care division, Family Health, on the campaign. Saturday is Children's Health Day focusing on students going back to school and the immunizations that go with it.

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