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<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">August 1, 2025</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Austin Krohn
<br />Public Information Specialist
<br />Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services
<br />573.874.7604
<br />Austin.Krohn@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Back-to-school immunizations available for students</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) is offering back-to-school vaccinations by appointment. Parents and guardians are encouraged to schedule immunizations now to ensure students are ready for the upcoming school year.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Appointments can be made by calling 573.874.7249.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Check with your health care provider or with PHHS to see which vaccines are needed for your child, especially if they are entering kindergarten, eighth grade or 12th grade.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In addition to weekday appointments, PHHS will host two special back-to-school vaccination clinics located at 1005 W. Worley St.:</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Saturday, Aug. 9, 9 a.m. to noon</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /><br /></span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Saturday, Aug. 16, 9 a.m. to noon</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">These clinics are by appointment only. To schedule, call 573.874.7249.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For more information, visit</span><a href="http://bit.ly/3IEAbo9"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/3IEAbo9</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p></div>
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