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The Oneida County Health Department kicked of National Child Passenger Safety Week with the announcement that it is expanding its Car Seat Program. “Oneida County has been hosting free car seat giveaways and safety education events for a number of years at the Deerfield Fire House,” said Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr.

Following recent authorization by The Food and Drug Administration, the Oneida County Health Department is offering the Bivalent COVID boosters at both Rome and Utica clinics.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the New York State Department of Health have updated recommendations for individuals exposed to COVID-19 who are unvaccinated and to procedures that should be followed in the upcoming school year.

Novavax is a two-dose primary vaccine. It is not yet available as a booster dose. Doses are administered three to eight weeks apart and are available to ages 18 and older. This vaccine is not MRNA technology, but instead a protein subunit vaccine. Protein subunit vaccine technology is not new and has been studied for decades.

Although most bats do not have rabies, bats are one of the most reported rabid animals and are the leading cause of rabies deaths in humans in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Oneida County Health Department advises residents of the concern of rabies if bats get into your home. There are steps people should take to safeguard their homes to keep bats out and steps to take when they find a bat in their home.

Whether you are having a baby, traveling to a new country, or preparing your children to go back to school, vaccines are recommended and often times required to help protect you and your family.