Health Department

For over 50 years the
City of Columbia has been committed to providing public health services through its
Health Department.
These services prevent epidemics and the spread of disease, protect against environmental hazards, promote healthy behaviors, prevent injuries and illness, assure the quality and accessibility of health services and monitor the health of the population.

Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services

For over 50 years the City of Columbia has been committed to providing public health services through its Health Department. These services prevent epidemics and the spread of disease, protect against environmental hazards, promote healthy behaviors, prevent injuries and illness, assure the quality and accessibility of health services and monitor the health of the population.

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Announcements:

Beat the Heat This Summer - Cooling Centers are open throughout Columbia for residents in need of air-conditioning and/or drinking water. Click here for a list of Cooling Centers. Click here for information on heat-related illness.
The Columbia/Boone County Health Department will be spraying for mosquitoes on the MKT trail on Thursday this week instead of our normal Friday spraying. We will spray in the early morning hours July 2nd.
The spraying must be done under favorable wind and weather conditions. The spraying will consist of using a clearly marked truck with an ultra-low volume sprayer and using Anvil 2 plus 2. The product is considered safe and is approved by the EPA for mosquito control. The spraying will occur between the hours of 4 AM and 9 AM.
For more information please contact the Health Department at 874-7346.
Cookie Dough Warning - A multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections has been linked to eating raw, refrigerated, prepackaged cookie dough. Click here for more information.
Active TB Case Information - The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is conducting an investigation to identify close contacts of a local health care worker recently diagnosed with active TB disease. Click here for more information about TB or call 573.874.6374 to speak with a public health nurse.
Parent Survey & Gift Card Drawing- Tell us about your health and prevention practices by taking this survey and you can enter a drawing for a $25 gift card to Wal Mart. Click here for the Spanish version of the survey.
H1N1 INFLUENZA UPDATES - Public Service Announcement
The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services encourages citizens to follow these common sense, proven disease-prevention methods:

- Wash your hands thoroughly and frequently with hot, soapy water
- Cover your cough and/or sneeze with your sleeve or a tissue
- Stay home if you are sick (for at least seven days AFTER the onset of illness or 24 hours after symptoms resolve, whichever is longest)
- Avoid contact with infected persons

Click here for more information on swine flu. For questions about your own personal medical symptoms and conditions, please contact your physician.
Click here for medical information translated into several different Asian languages.
Sign up for Mosquito Spraying Notifications
Learn more about our Mosquito Spraying Program - Click here to view a four-minute video about the program
Animal Control Ordinance Comments - Click here to leave online comments regarding animal control ordinance changes in Columbia/Boone County.
Domestic Partnership Registry - Couples may register at the health department Monday-Friday from 8 am - 5 pm. Click here for the required registration form.
Kindergarten Registration/Immunization Information - Make sure your child is up-to-date on his or her required immunizations. The health department offers immunizations Monday-Friday from 8 am - 4:30 pm on a walk-in basis for a cost of $10. Click here for more information.
Columbia/Boone County Health Assessment - The assessment was revised in February 2009 and is now available here.
Expanded Services for Uninsured Women - The state of Missouri has expanded it's Uninsured Women's Health Services Program. Visit the state's website, view our flier or call us at 573-874-7356 for assistance.
Physicians - Click here for CDC guidelines regarding treatment of pertussis
Bed Bugs - Everything you need to know about Bed Bugs
Food Handler's Permit Fee - Fees for food handler's class/permits changed to $10 effective October 1, 2008
Get Involved - Check out our Calendar of Events (July)
Be Healthy- Read our Health Matters Newsletter
Columbia Cooks! View recipes from this year's chefs!
2009 Food Handler's Class Schedule- Please view our class schedule for 2009.
Smoking Cessation Program- Learn how we can help you quit or read our manual to start your own organization's smoking cessation program!
The City of Columbia Smoking Ordinance - View our Brochure and Fact Sheet.

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