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Public health district present Coffee with a Doc

Public health district present Coffee with a Doc

| October 17, 2024

Coshocton Public Health District will present Coffee with A Doc, on Monday, Oct. 21, featuring Dr. Kamesh Gupta from Genesis Healthcare System.  The event topic for October is gastroenterology. The event will take place on Monday, Oct. 21 at 5 p.m. at Rust Décor, located at 341 Main St. in Coshocton. Parking is available in […]

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Drug Take-Back Day scheduled

Drug Take-Back Day scheduled

| October 16, 2024

Coshocton Public Health District and the Coshocton County Sheriff’s Office will present Drug Take-Back Day at 637 Chestnut St. in Coshocton on Saturday, Oct. 26. The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the public about the potential for […]

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Health district will host mobile mammography unit

Health district will host mobile mammography unit

| June 19, 2024

The Center for Cancer Health Equity and OSUCCC James Cancer will present its Mobile Mammography Unit at Coshocton Public Health District on Monday, July 1. The mobile unit provides the opportunity for people to receive a breast cancer screening closer to home. It’s also a great resource for those who may be uninsured or underinsured with no […]

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Health, Safety and Wellness Expo is back

Health, Safety and Wellness Expo is back

| February 27, 2023

Kids America will be the site of the ninth annual Health, Safety and Wellness Expo on Saturday, March 11 from 8 a.m. to noon. Co-sponsored by Coshocton Regional Medical Center, Coshocton County Safety Council and Coshocton County Chamber of Commerce, this is a free event. Many exhibitors will be there with wellness and safety information […]

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Novel Coronavirus outbreak being monitored

Novel Coronavirus outbreak being monitored

| January 30, 2020

The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus (termed “2019-nCoV”) first identified in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China in December 2019 and which continues to expand. Public health officials have described the immediate health risk to […]

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MVHC announces free cervical cancer screenings

MVHC announces free cervical cancer screenings

| January 5, 2018

COSHOCTON – In honor of Cervical Health Awareness month (January), the Muskingum Valley Health Centers (MVHC) will provide a free cervical cancer screening to any woman age 21 to 65 at all our locations in Muskingum, Morgan, Coshocton, and Guernsey counties until March 31. Appointments for the Pap test can be made by calling MVHC […]

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Results of community health assessment announced

| June 26, 2017

COSHOCTON – The Coshocton City and Coshocton County health departments collaborated with the Appalachian Rural Health Institute (ARHI) at Ohio University on a community health assessment for Coshocton County. The 2017 Community Health Assessment identified the following six main health issues in the community: Substance abuse, cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, depression and chronic low respiratory […]

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Help improve the health of Coshocton County

| February 24, 2017

COSHOCTON – The Coshocton City Health Department and the Coshocton County General Health District in collaboration with the Ohio University’s Appalachian Rural Health Institute need community members to participate in focus groups that will recognize goals needed to improve the health of Coshocton County. These focus groups will be scheduled for 3 to 4:30 p.m. […]

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