Jefferson County Public Health Service

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Jefferson County Public Health Service Main Contact: 315-786-3700 Prevent Services: 315-786-3730 Please visit our website www.jcphs.org for more information.

Empowering people to prevent illness, promote resiliency, and protect the well-being of Jefferson County residents and visitors. Jefferson County Public Health Service (JCPHS) offers preventive health programs that provide a broad range of services for county residents which include: communicable disease case investigation for reportable diseases, community screenings & education along with other services for health and human service agencies, schools, businesses and residents.
• Travel health services
• Rabies Control
• Vector Control
• Emergency Preparedness
• Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
• Immunization Clinic every Wednesday 12:30-3:30; STD Clinic every Tuesday 12:30-3:30. Call 315-786-3730 to schedule an appointment.
• Child Find Program
• Children with Special Health Care Needs
• Emergency Medical Services
• Medical Examiner Program

JCPHS also has home healthcare services. Home health care provides in-home services such as nursing, home health aides, physical therapy, occupational therapy, medical social worker, registered dietitian and case management. DISCLAIMER:
The ‘likes’ of and links to websites and pages of other individuals and organizations do not constitute official endorsement on behalf of JCPHS. Posted comments and images do not necessarily represent the views of JCPHS. While we encourage fans to share thoughts and opinions on the JCPHS page, we expect that this will be done in a respectful manner. JCPHS COMMENT POLICY
JCPHS does not agree with or endorse every comment that individuals post on our pages. Our goal is to share ideas and information with as many individuals as possible and our policy is to accept the majority of comments made to our profile. Therefore, a comment will be deleted if it contains:
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• Hate speech
• Profanity, obscenity or vulgarity
• Nudity in profile pictures
• Defamation to a person or people
• Name calling and/or personal attacks
• Comments whose main purpose are to sell a product
• Comments that infringe on copyrights
• Spam comments, such as the same comment posted repeatedly on a profile
• Links to inappropriate external sites
• Other comments that the JCPHS deems inappropriate. All links posted as comments on JCPHS posts will be reviewed and may be deleted. Repeated violations of the JCPHS comment policy may cause the author to be blocked from the JCPHS page. We understand that social media is a 24/7 medium; however, our moderation capabilities are not. We may not see every inappropriate comment right away, and we are trusting in the maturity of our community to ignore personal attacks and negative speech or respond politely. Please contact JCPHS at 315-786-3730 if you have any questions.

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You are also considered immune to measles if you have a lab report of immunity, or you were born before 1957. More info: health.ny.gov/measles

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Measles symptoms include:
⏺ High fever
⏺ Rash
⏺ Cough
⏺ Runny nose
⏺ Red, watery eyes
The best way to protect against measles is with the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine.

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Address

531 Meade Street
Watertown, NY
13601

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

Telephone

+13157863730

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