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• Board of Health Meeting Minutes for October 1, 2009  (11/6/2009)
  
• Health Department Offers Doses of H1N1 FluMist Nasal Vaccine - Out of H1N1 Injectable Vaccine  (11/4/2009)
  
• The Health Department exhausted the current available supply of injectable H1N1 vaccine on 11/3/2009.  (11/3/2009)
  
• Health Department To Offer H1N1 Flu Shots Tuesday November 3rd.  (11/2/2009)
  
• Health Department Will Offer Doses of H1N1 FluMist Nasal Vaccine on November 2.  (10/30/2009)
  
• Health Department Offers Doses of H1N1 FluMist Nasal Vaccine  (10/29/2009)
  
• Health Department Gives All 500 Doses of H1N1 Injectable Vaccine  (10/28/2009)
  
• Health Department Receives 500 Doses of H1N1 Injectable Vaccine  (10/26/2009)
  
• Health Department to Offer H1N1 FluMist Nasal Vaccine  (10/23/2009)
  
• Health Department Exhausts Supply of Adult Seasonal Flu Vaccine  (10/16/2009)
  
• Make Education the Foundation for Life (guest editorial by Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge)  (10/15/2009)
  
• Health Department Opens H1N1 FluMist Vaccine Clinic  (10/14/2009)
  
• Metro Public Health Department Clinic to Expand H1N1 FluMist to Begin Offering to General Public in Addition to Health Care Providers...  (10/12/2009)
  
• Seasonal Flu Shot Information  (10/8/2009)
  
• Metro Health Department To Offer Health Providers H1N1 FluMist  (10/7/2009)
  
• Tennessee WIC Program Brings More to the Table
  Supplemental Food Packages Change October 1, 2009 (9/23/2009)
  
• Ask a Pediatrician: H1N1 Flu  (9/23/2009)
  
• Weekly Flu Bulletin from Dr. Paul  (9/10/2009)
  
• MPHD reports H1N1 Child Death in Davidson County  (9/2/2009)
  
• Dr. Paul H1N1 Health E-Mail  (8/25/2009)
  
• H1N1 School News Release  (8/25/2009)
  
• Bill Hance and Carol Etherington Appointed to Metropolitan Board of Health  (7/22/2009)
  
• Nashville Community Health and Wellness Team Promotes New Website and Walk Nashville Week 2009...  (7/16/2009)
  
• Mosquitoes Test Positive for WNV in East Nashville  (7/13/2009)
  
• Tennessee Seat Belt Laws
  Protecting children in the car is your responsibility. If children ever ride in your car you must know and follow the law.  (6/30/2009)
  
• Bridges to Care Program to Offer Online Assistance Linking Uninsured Nashville Residents to Health Care  (6/25/2009)
  
• MPHD 2008 Annual Report  (6/15/2009)
  
• Health email from Metro Public Health  (6/12/2009)
  
• Hot Weather Safety Tips  (6/4/2009)
  
• MPHD’s Emergency Preparedness program is currently in need of volunteers.  (5/27/2009)
  
• Mosquito Season Begins - MPHD's Mosquito Control Program  (5/19/2009)
  
• Tennessee Receives CDC Confirmation of Novel H1N1 Virus Case....  (5/3/2009)
  
• First Probable Case of Swine Influenza Confirmed in Tennessee
  Williamson County Child Attends Private School in Nashville... (4/30/2009)
  
• Swine Flu Information from the TN Department of Health  (4/29/2009)
  
• April 27 Swine Flu Update  (4/28/2009)
  
• Sign up for Public Health Information  (4/28/2009)
  
• 2009 Backyard Inspection Activites in Antioch on April 25, 2009 Photos  (4/27/2009)
  
• The meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Health scheduled for Thursday, May 7, 2009, has been moved to Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 4:00 p.m. in room 212 of the Lentz Public Health Center.
  The May 13, 2009, Board of Health agenda will be forthcoming. (4/27/2009)
  
• Metro Public Health Department Identifies Increase in Infectious Syphilis
  To Offer Extended Clinic Hours Beginning April 14... (4/6/2009)
  
• Board of Health Meeting Minutes for March 5, 2009  (4/6/2009)
  
• MAYOR, METRO AGENCIES ANNOUNCE EMERGENCY VOLUNTEER DRIVE  (3/24/2009)
  
• Video on Coyote Awareness
  Gary Cook is the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency West Tennessee Regional Manager. He was previously a Wildlife Officer and Staff Wildlife Biologist. He has specialized in Coyote Biology for more than three decades... (3/16/2009)
  
• FINAL - Approved Regulations of the Metropolitan Board of Health Governing Menu Labeling in Covered Food Service Establishments  (3/6/2009)
  
• Pollution Control Division 2007 Annual Report
  If you need assistance in accessing this document, please call the Pollution Control division at (615) 340-5653. (2/18/2009)
  
• Development Services
  The Development Services page is here to help you find your way through the application and permitting process... (2/18/2009)
  
• Latest peanut recall information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  (2/13/2009)
  
• Health Department Telephone Survey Finds Majority of Nashville Residents Support Placing Calories on Menus and Menu Boards....  (2/2/2009)
  
• Dr. Wyche's Guest Column on Infant Mortality in the Tennessean  (1/14/2009)
  
• Dr. Paul's Guest Column on Make Healthy Living Easier  (1/14/2009)
  
• Gone Too Soon - Infant mortality series in the Tennessean.  (12/16/2008)
  
• Tennesseans Celebrate One Year of Smoke-Free Wednesday, October 1, 2008  (10/1/2008)
  
• Smoke-free Music Venues in Davidson County
  The Metro Public Health Department supports smoke-free music venues in Music City USA! A Smoke-free Music Venue is defined as a music venue that is 100% smoke-free, inside and outside at all times.  (9/28/2008)
  
• Sam Felker Announced as New Member of Board of Health  (9/18/2008)
  
• Dr. Paul's Ozone Guest Column in Tennessean  (4/14/2008)
  
• Epidemiology and Research - Project Request
  Click here to request a service from the Division of Epidemiology and Research. Services offered are: data sets, research consultation, program evaluation, surveys and many other statistical products. (11/1/2007)
  
• Public Service Video - TB: Preventable, Treatable, Curable  (7/18/2006)
  
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