{"id":14670,"date":"2025-08-01T16:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/?page_id=14670"},"modified":"2025-08-01T16:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:52:09","slug":"cumberland-plateau-health-district-wants-to-make-sure-your-child-is-ready-for-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/archived-news-releases\/2025-regional-news-releases\/cumberland-plateau-health-district-wants-to-make-sure-your-child-is-ready-for-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Cumberland Plateau Health District Wants to Make Sure Your Child is Ready for School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 1, 2025<br \/>\n<strong>Media Contact<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>Michelle McPheron, michelle.mcpheron@vdh.virginia.gov<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cumberland Plateau Health District Wants to Make Sure<br \/>\nYour Child is Ready for School<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell and Tazewell Health Departments<br \/>\nHolding Vaccination Clinics<\/em><\/p>\n<p>LEBANON, VA. \u2013 Setting your kids up for success this school year means making sure they have all the tools they need, including vaccines to protect against preventable diseases such as meningitis, measles, pertussis (whooping cough) and others. Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell and Tazewell health departments are making it easy to get these required immunizations at a clinic held this month. School and sports physicals appointments are also available.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia schools require <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/immunization\/requirements\/\">immunizations<\/a> for entry into kindergarten, seventh grade, and 12th grade.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping children up to date on vaccinations can reduce severe illnesses, and unnecessary absences from school and work saving your family time and money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVaccines are an important tool for keeping our children and communities healthy. School required vaccines are available at all our local health departments. Adolescent school required vaccines for rising 7<sup>th<\/sup> graders and rising 12<sup>th<\/sup> graders will also be available at the Dickenson County Back to School Bash on August 1,\u201d said Reisa Sloce, LENOWISCO and Cumberland Plateau Health Districts director.<\/p>\n<p>Vaccines are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccine-safety-systems\/index.html\">safe <\/a>and effective and are your child\u2019s best defense against infectious disease. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/measles\/\">Measles<\/a> is a recent example. The highly contagious disease that was declared eliminated in the year 2000 is experiencing a surge in the U.S. with more than 1,200<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/measles\/data-research\/index.html\"> cases reported<\/a> so far this year, including three cases in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) encourages parents to talk with their child\u2019s health care provider about recommended vaccinations. Vaccines are available through your pediatrician, pharmacies, and all local health departments. You will want to check in advance to see if appointments may be necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell and Tazewell health departments offer school-required immunizations free of charge by appointment during regular clinic hours Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Please be sure to bring a copy of your child\u2019s vaccination record. If you don\u2019t have it, you can request the record <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/immunization\/request-immunization-record\/\">here<\/a>. If you have health insurance, please also bring your insurance card. Children who are uninsured can still be vaccinated at low or no cost through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/immunization\/vvfc\/\">Virginia Vaccines for Children<\/a> (VVFC) program which offers free vaccines to eligible children.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please contact your local health department: Buchanan County: 276-935-4591, Dickenson County: 276-926-4979, Russell County: 276-889-7621, or Tazewell County: 276-988-5585.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 1, 2025 Media Contact: Michelle McPheron, michelle.mcpheron@vdh.virginia.gov Cumberland Plateau Health District Wants to Make Sure Your Child is Ready for School \u00a0Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell and Tazewell Health Departments Holding Vaccination Clinics LEBANON, VA. \u2013 Setting your kids up for success this school year means making sure they have all the tools they need, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":518,"featured_media":0,"parent":12292,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[96,161,364,132,101,153,152],"class_list":["post-14670","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-cumberland-plateau-health-district","tag-lenowisco-health-district","tag-reisa-sloce","tag-vaccinations","tag-vaccines","tag-vdh","tag-virginia-department-of-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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