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Stay Healthy This Winter!  (12/23/2008)
Stay healthy this winter with some useful tips from Maine Center for Disease Control. More

G&J Gourmet Market Cocoa Mix Recall  (12/19/2008)
Dorsey Marketing Inc. of Ville St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada, is voluntarily recalling three G&J Gourmet Market cocoa products because they may contain melamine. These products are sold at Big Lots stores around the country. More

Flu Virus Offically Here  (12/18/2008)
Influenza has officially arrived in Maine. The first laboratory confirmed cases of influenza were reported this week. More

*Health Advisory* Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault   (12/9/2008)
Domestic violence can take many different forms, including physical, sexual, economic, emotional, and psychological abuse, often forming a pattern of coercive and intimidating behaviors. More

Initiative to Support Healthy Youth in Portland - Request for Applications  (12/3/2008)
Two mini-grants now available from Healthy Portland for up to $1500. More

Hepatitis A in the Kennebunk Area  (11/7/2008)
Hepatitis A is an uncommon disease in Maine. An average of 11 cases are identified in Maine each year. More

Smoke-free Ordinance for Outdoor Dining Now in Effect  (10/2/2008)
A new smoke-free ordinance is now in effect in Portland. The ordinance prohibits smoking within the outdoor areas of restaurants and bars in Portland where beverage or dining service is available until 10:00 PM. More

Recall of Frozen Chicken Meals That May Contain Foreign Materials  (11/17/2008)
Nestlé Prepared Foods Company is recalling approximately 879,565 pounds of frozen chicken meals that may contain foreign materials. More

Mosquitoes in Arundel Test Positive for EEE  (10/9/2008)
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) within the Maine DHHS is reporting that a pool of mosquitoes, collected on September 30, 2008 from the town of Arundel in York County, has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). More

Cumberland Farms Joins the “NO BUTS” Program  (10/7/2008)
The program provides retailers with the materials they need to properly train employees to prevent underage tobacco sales, while stressing the underlying compelling health reasons for restricting sales of tobacco to teens. More

Maine's Immunization Coalition Decries State's Immunization Rates  (10/2/2008)
Maine falls from #1 in the country to the lowest ranking in the New England Region. More

Help us help you!  (6/3/2008)
Help the Public Health Division focus its efforts on the health problems in your community by participating in our Municipal Health Survey. More

FoodBorne Illness UnderReported Nationwide  (4/7/2008)
For every one case of salmoneliosis (a common foodborne illness) reported, there are an estimated 38 that go unreported. More

Adults Lack Vaccination Awareness  (3/20/2008)
Despite the proven effectiveness of vaccines and their potential to save thousands of U.S. lives every year, American adults are receiving needed immunizations at alarmingly low rates. More

The Fiscal Year 2006-2007 Annual Report is now Available.  (2/19/2008)
The Fiscal Year 2006-2007 Annual Report for the Portland Public Health Division is now available for public viewing. More

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Immunization and TB Testing Services
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The Immunization Program at the India Street Public Health Center offers low-cost immunization, TB testing, and travel health services by appointment.

Services include:

Routine Adult Immunization, Adolescent Immunization, TB Testing Services

The Immunization Program provides students, health care workers, older adults, and others with vaccination against measles, mumps, and rubella; varicella (chicken pox); tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis; hepatitis A; hepatitis B; human papillomavirus (HPV); meningococcal disease; pneumococcal disease; and influenza. Visit fees are $15 plus the cost of vaccines, which range from $0 to $130. For information about vaccines you may need, please see the CDC’s current vaccination recommendations for Adults, children and adolescents website.

The Immunization Program also offers tuberculosis (TB) skin testing for a visit fee of $15. Please see CDC’s Tuberculin Skin Test Fact Sheet for more information.

All services can be can be paid for by cash, check and credit card. The clinic can not accept American Express.

Travel Health Services
The Immunization Program is a CDC-certified Yellow Fever vaccine provider and offers comprehensive pre-travel health services including risk assessment, health education, immunization, and antimalarial prescriptions as needed. In addition to the routine vaccines listed above, the Program vaccinates clients against yellow fever, typhoid fever, polio, bacterial meningitis, and Japanese encephalitis. Travel consult fees are usually $45-$90; travel vaccine costs range from $30 to $105. Please visit us at least 4 weeks prior to travel for maximum protection. For country-specific immunization and malaria recommendations, click here.

Staff clinicians are unable to provide travel consult services by telephone. Please call 874-8446 for an appointment.