Get Your “Health Check” This December in Mahomet, Rantoul, St. Joseph or Tolono

Get Your “Health Check” This December in Mahomet, Rantoul, St. Joseph or Tolono

Flu & Pneumonia Shots Also Available for Adults and Children

The CHAMPAIGN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT is offering Health Check Clinics in Mahomet, Rantoul, St. Joseph and Tolono this December. Any Champaign County resident aged 18 or older is eligible for the blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol screenings offered at the clinics. Adult and child flu and pneumonia shots are also available.

The County Health Check Clinics will be:

• Thursday, December 8, from 3-6 p.m., and Thursday, December 15, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Northern Champaign County Community Service Center, 520 E. Wabash, Rantoul.

• Tuesday, December 6, from 3-6 p.m. at the Mahomet Community Center, 508 E. Main St., Mahomet.

• Tuesday, December 13, from 3-6 p.m. at the St. Joseph Municipal Building, 207 E. Lincoln St., St. Joseph.

• Thursday, December 15, from 3-6 p.m. at the Tolono Public Library, 111 E. Main St., Tolono.

   

Adult flu shots cost $18.70. Adult pneumonia shots are $29.70. Child flu & pneumonia shots are free to children who are uninsured, underinsured, Medicaid eligible, American Indian or Alaska Native. Underinsured children include those who have health insurance but whose coverage does not include vaccines. Children whose health insurance covers only select vaccines or caps the vaccine cost at a certain limit are categorized as underinsured.

No one will be turned away for inability to pay. For more information, please call the Health Check & Flu Shot Hotline at  217-531-4252.

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