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Care-A-Van is a mobile health service that supports underserved communities and those most impacted by COVID-19 and other health inequities across Washington state. You can get health services such as COVID-19, seasonal flu, Mpox, and many childhood vaccines. Screenings for blood pressure and blood glucose are also available. Register for an upcoming clinic near you.
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### March 14
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Granger, WA 98932
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**Tacoma, WA Chapter of the Links Family Community Health Fair**
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Tacoma, WA 98467
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**Yakima Health District LatinX Outreach Vaccine Event**
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600 Rail Rd
Sunnyside, WA 98944
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Pasco, WA 99301
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Mar
13
[Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission issues Limited Stop Service on license of pharmacy](/newsroom/pharmacy-quality-assurance-commission-issues-limited-stop-service-license-pharmacy)
Mar
13
[State disciplines health care providers](/newsroom/state-disciplines-health-care-providers-37)
Mar
12
[State revokes, suspends licenses, certifications, registrations of health care providers](/newsroom/state-revokes-suspends-licenses-certifications-registrations-health-care-providers-29)
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11
[State disciplines health care providers](/newsroom/state-disciplines-health-care-providers-36)
Feb
28
[State revokes, suspends licenses, certifications, registrations of health care providers](/newsroom/state-revokes-suspends-licenses-certifications-registrations-health-care-providers-28)
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27
[Department of Health issues default order with indefinite suspension on license of in-home services facility](/newsroom/department-health-issues-default-order-indefinite-suspension-license-home-services-facility)
DOH Reach and Impact
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80,000
new practitioners licensed
100,000
water samples evaluated for contaminants
150,000
newborn blood samples tested for congenital disorders (approximately)
40%
kindergartners immunized per current standards
250,000
birth certificates issued
200,000
women and children received WIC nutritional and breastfeeding support
_Data as of 2019._
Want to learn more about what DOH does? [Download a PDF for More Statistics and Information](/sites/default/files/2023-01/value-of-public-health.pdf)
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