Health

When September rolls around, kids head back to school with backpacks, notebooks, lunch boxes, and all too often, head lice. September is National Head Lice Prevention Month. Head lice infest 10 to 12 million people in the U.S. every year, making it one of the most common communicable conditions in America.

The Oswego County Health Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are teaming up this August to ask the question, “Are you up-to-date on your vaccinations?”