Student Health Care Center Blog

As we look back on this fiscal year, we will review our successes and highlight opportunities for the future.

Shots are available at the health department's main clinic, 224 SE 24th St., and the City of Alachua satellite clinic, located in the Hitchcock's shopping plaza on U.S. Highway 441.

"Getting tested for STIs sounds a lot more daunting than it seems. But if you’re sexually active in any way possible — yes, even if you don’t have penetrative sex — it’s responsible to get tested on a regular basis." ~Robyn Smith, The Independent Florida Alligator

"This case appears not to have generated any further spread of illness, and it is doubtful given the timing that any new exposures would occur." ~Guy Nicolette, MD, Interim Director, SHCC

The Florida Department of Health and the SHCC are closely monitoring the situation. Precautions are also being taken to prevent the spread of the disease.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that everyone six months and older get the flu vaccine annually.

Although the risk of an Ebola outbreak in the United States is very low, CDC and partners are taking precautions to prevent this from happening.

Steroid abuse can cause harmful, fatal and undesirable body changes.

Learn about risk factors, prevention strategies, early detection and more via The American Cancer Society's website, www.cancer.org.

Shots will be given between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on the Infirmary Building Front Lawn, 280 Fletcher Drive. Free tank tops will be given to the first 1,000 vaccinated students.