Today, the Surgeon General issued a new report titled Prevention Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults. Almost 50 years after the landmark 1964 Surgeon General’s Report on tobacco, Dr. Regina Benjamin, United States Surgeon General, released a new report and called on the nation to make the next generation tobacco-free. According to the report, […]

  Ringgold County Public Health was formed in 1972 thanks to a three-year federal grant and a portion of county funding.  At that time, the agency employed two nurses and a secretary.  Today the agency is operated efficiently under a variety of funding sources including service fees, grants, state, federal and minimal county funding.  The […]

The new year welcomes your resolutions. There’s no better time than now to decide to do something great for your health and the health of Iowa. Join thousands of Iowans in Live Healthy Iowa’s annual 100 Day Wellness Challenge! For the past 10 years, Live Healthy Iowa has been making an impact on individuals, families, […]