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Seattle sharps container disposal sites - Google Maps

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:49:42 -0700

Seattle sharps container disposal sites - Google Maps

Check your boobies party next week!

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:40:17 -0700

Check your boobies party next week!:

March 20 is Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day--Spread the Word

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:15:18 -0700

ABOUT NNHAAD

MISSION STATEMENT:

National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD) is a nationwide effort designed to promote HIV testing in Native communities through educational materials and use of marketing strategies.

Goals and Objectives:

* Encourgage Native people to get educated and to learn more about HIV/AIDS and it’s impact in their community;
* Work together to encourage testing options and HIV counceling in Native communities;
* Help decrease the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS

Respect Yourself

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:55:00 -0700

Respect Yourself:

This is a great (and I mean great) resource for youth about sex. Lots of easy to access info about slang terms(in the ‘sextionary’), an interactive guide to male and femal pleasure body parts(with real photos), different ways to have sex and be protected, STIs, sexuality, choice, consent and how to talk to your parents.

Take care of yourself this flu season!

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:41:04 -0800

Free flu vaccination clinics

People without health insurance can get best protection against flu

Along with the rest of the nation, King County is experiencing widespread flu, with more people sick and requiring medical care early in the flu season compared to recent years. Public Health – Seattle & King County is offering free flu vaccination clinics to make flu vaccine more widely available to people without health insurance or who are unable to pay. Flu vaccine (shots and nasal spray) is also available at many healthcare provider offices and pharmacies for those who have insurance or are able to pay for vaccination. Visit http://flushot.healthmap.org to help find locations.

“The flu will likely continue to circulate for many weeks, so getting flu vaccine now can still provide protection for the rest of the flu season,” said Dr. Jeff Duchin, Chief of Communicable Disease Epidemiology & Immunizationat Public Health. “Flu vaccine is especially important for pregnant women, people in contact with infants who are too young to vaccinate, and also to people with health conditions that put them at greater risk for severe illness and hospitalization.”

Flu vaccine offers the single best protection against the flu. Health experts recommend flu vaccine for all people 6 months and older, especially for pregnant women and people who have long-term health problems, like diabetes, asthma, and heart or lung problems. Anyone who lives with or cares for an infant younger than 6 months should also get vaccinated to protect the infant from getting flu.

The free flu vaccination clinics will be held at Public Health Centers at the following locations and times:

Columbia Public Health Center

4400 37th Ave S, Seattle, 206-296-4650

Saturday, Jan. 19, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 24 and Thursday, Jan. 31, 3-7 p.m.

Eastgate Public Health Center

14350 SE Eastgate Way, Bellevue, 206-296-4920

Saturday, Jan. 19, 10 a.m.—2 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 23 and Wednesday, Jan. 30, 3-7 p.m.

Federal Way Public Health Center

33431 13th Place S, Federal Way, 206-296-8410

Saturday, Jan. 19, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 26, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

North Public Health Center

10501 Meridian Ave N, Seattle, 206-296-4765

Saturday, January 19, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 22 and Tuesday, Jan. 29, 3-7 p.m.

The vaccinations will be given to people who do not have insurance or cannot afford to pay for vaccination otherwise. No other vaccinations will be offered at the time of the clinics. You will be able to get flu shots or nasal spray vaccines, and preservative-free, gelatin-free, and latex-free vaccines will be available.

For more information, visit www.kingcounty.gov/health/flu

What does the liver do? Why do you need it?

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:33:27 -0800

What does the liver do? Why do you need it?

HEP is looking for an AmeriCorps volunteer to manage our youth programs!

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:02:17 -0800

It’s a one year commitment with a living stipend, relocation allowance, health coverage, training, and more! If you want to help teens and youth adults learn more about viral hepatitis and how to keep themselves healthy, come join our awesome team!

For more information follow this link:

https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=38760&fromSearch=true

Photo

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:52:53 -0800

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:55:00 -0800

Happy Thanksgiving!

wertheyouth: It’s Transgender Awareness...

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:02:24 -0800

wertheyouth:

It’s Transgender Awareness Week!

fenwayhealth:

The transgender community faces a number of health disparities stemming from discrimination.

Hepatitis C in Veterans

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:13:00 -0800

Hepatitis C in Veterans

Hope for hep-c patients: Patients succeed in overturning first ever product patent on medicine in India

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:47:03 -0800

Hope for hep-c patients: Patients succeed in overturning first ever product patent on medicine in India:

harmreduction:

In a landmark victory for patients’ groups fighting against patents to ensure access to medicines, the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) has revoked a patent granted in India to F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG (Roche) for pegylated interferon alfa-2a (Pegasys, a medicine used to treat Hepatitis C) as well as held that a patients’ group can challenge the validity of granted patents.

- Huge victory for patients’ rights in India! People over profits! Affordable treatment now!

Hope to see this Friday!!

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:20:11 -0800

Hope to see this Friday!!

Happy Halloween!!!! Have fun and be safe!

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:26:37 -0700

Happy Halloween!!!! Have fun and be safe!

October 15th is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day! Todos...

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:48:17 -0700

October 15th is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day!

Todos Juntos.

If you haven’t registered to vote yet, do it today because...

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:41:00 -0700

If you haven’t registered to vote yet, do it today because you’re running out of time! You can register online and even mail in your ballot in many states. You never even have to leave your house- it couldn’t be easier!

http://www.rockthevote.org/

loving-vagina: iwontstandinyourway: learning-to-love-myself: n...

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:30:36 -0700

loving-vagina:

iwontstandinyourway:

learning-to-love-myself:

nothingishappyanymore:

If Barbie was an actual woman, she would be 5’9” tall, have a 39” bust, an 18” waist, 33” hips and a size 3 shoe.

• Barbie calls this a “full figure” and likes her weight at 110 lbs.

• At 5’9” tall and weighing 110 lbs, Barbie would have a BMI of 16.24 and fit the weight criteria for anorexia. She likely would not menstruate.

• If Barbie was a real woman, she’d have to walk on all fours due to her proportions.

• Slumber Party Barbie was introduced in 1965 and came with a bathroom scale permanently set at 110 lbs with a book entitled “How to Lose Weight” with directions inside stating simply “Don’t eat.”

i’m always reblogging this.

I’ve reblogged this a million times and will ALWAYS reblog it. She is so beautiful…It’s a great message.

I always reblog this when I see it on my dash.

You cant just NOT reblog this

This should have more notes. I reblog every time.

Teen immunization rates a mixed bag; more to do to protect kids in our state

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:36:00 -0700

Teen immunization rates a mixed bag; more to do to protect kids in our state:

Overdose Awareness Day is August 31st

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 09:41:00 -0700

Naloxone can save a life. You can pick some up in and learn how to use it in Seattle at the Robert Clewis Center (downtown needle exchange) and at the U-District Needle Exchange.

911 Good Samaritan Law

Under WA law, if you think someone is overdosing and you call 911 for the victim, neither of you will be charged for possessing or using a small amount of drugs

Break it down! Thanks Callen-Lorde for the video.

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:50:00 -0700

Break it down! Thanks Callen-Lorde for the video.