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Health Notes

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ONEOHIO TO MEET: OneOhio Region 7 Collaborative of the OneOhio Foundation will meet 5 p.m. March 3 at Direction Home of Eastern Ohio, 1030 N. Meridian Road, Youngstown.

WARREN HEALTH: The Warren City Health District will be providing a public COVID / flu vaccine clinic 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Health District, 258 E. Market St., Warren. No appointment is needed. Shots will be given until supplies last.

• The Health District’s Wellness on Wheels mobile unit will be onsite noon to 2 p.m. today at Waterstone Apartments, 1380 Arbor Ave. SE, Warren, along with the Trumbull Mobile Market.

• The Warren City Health District’s new digital vending machine, located in the first-floor lobby offers free health aid items, including NARCAN spray, fentanyl test strips, COVID test strips kit, and male and female safer sex kits.

• Free flu vaccines are being throughout February, while supplies last.

• Project AHA will be hosting Wellness on Wheels mobile health unit at their Community Resource Fair Event, 1:30 to 4 p.m. on Friday, at the Metroplex Expo Center, 1620 Motor Inn Drive, Girard.

All services are available for Warren residents as well as surrounding areas. For more information, call 330-841-2596.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Those interested in becoming a volunteer with hospice, contact Mary Seybert, volunteer coordinator, Patriot Hospice at Mseybert@patriotathome.org or 330-306-9651, ext 228.

ANXIETY EFFECTS: McKinley Memorial Library will present “Understanding Anxiety” with Cadence Care Network, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the McKinley Birthplace Home.

Learn about anxiety and its causes with Ms. Barb, LISW with Cadence Care Network and adjunct professor at YSU. She will also discuss how anxiety affects the brain and how to train the amygdala, a small structure in the brain that deals with emotions.

Registration is required at 330-652-1704, ext. 3.

MAMMOGRAMS: Mercy Health-Youngstown will host mobile mammography screening dates in Trumbull County. For more information or to schedule your mammogram, call 330-480-2654.

• Wednesday — 8:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., Mercy Health – Cortland Primary Care, 310 Windsor Drive, Cortland;

• Thursday – 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., Mercy Health — Vienna Primary Care, 341 Youngstown-Kingsville Road, Vienna.

For more information on the Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center visit: https://www.mercy.com/locations/specialty-locations/cancer-care-oncology/joanie-abdu-comprehensive-breast-care-center

Starting at $2.99/week.

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