What is Lyme Disease?
Lyme disease is big in the news right now, but what is it? And how do you know if you have it? Let’s Learn About Lyme! Lyme disease is an illness caused by Borrelia bacteria, which is usually carried by a tick and can be transferred to a human via…
FCPH Back to School Clinics
FCPH is hosting several Back to School Clinics for the 2025-2026 school year. School age children and their families are welcome to receive low or no-cost immunizations. Appointments are required visit myfcph.org/vaccines/ to schedule your visit. Your child may be eligible for low or no-cost vaccine!
Beautiful Beginnings: A Nurse-Led Home Visiting Program
Losing a baby is a heartbreaking tragedy for any family to endure. Yet despite, public health professionals focusing on infant mortality for years and seeing the start of positive results in some populations, Black infants in Ohio die at a rate almost three times as that of white infants. Racism…
HealthMap2025 is Here!
Introduction to HealthMap 2025 Building on three years of collaborative work, strategic partnership and community engagement, the Central Ohio Hospital Council (COHC), Columbus Public Health (CPH), and Franklin County Public Health (FCPH) are pleased to share our Franklin County Health 2025 Community Health Assessment, HealthMap2025. Together we understand that the…
What is the Cost of Addiction?
Addiction and overdose deaths affect our communities in countless ways. Drug overdose is a leading cause of death in Franklin County, with 753 community members dying by accidental drug overdose in 2022. Of course, the true cost of addiction is immeasurable. Each lost life negatively affects the community and families…
10 Tips for Disability Etiquette
Did you know nearly 1 in 3 Ohioans have a disability? According to the CDC, a disability is any condition of the body or mind that makes it more difficult for the person with the condition to do certain activities and interact with the world around them. There are many…