Saginaw County Health Department - SCHD

01/14/2026

Flu cases are the highest in decades! Dr Pruitt gives advice!

01/14/2026

Saginaw County Health Department will be closed on Monday, January 19th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We will reopen at 8:00am on Tuesday, January 20th.

01/14/2026

How can HIV prevention and care improve in Michigan? If you’re 18 and older, take a five-minute anonymous survey about sexual health and HIV prevention and care. Your answers will help the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services shape a five-year plan to make testing, prevention (like PrEP), and treatment easier to find and use. https://bit.ly/mdhhs_hiv_survey

01/13/2026

Enrollment is OPEN for Rx Kids in the City of Saginaw, Bridgeport and Buena Vista townships! Rx Kids is a program that provides all pregnant moms in these three communities with no-strings-attached cash of $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 each month throughout the baby's first 6 months of life. Learn more and apply at RxKids.org

01/13/2026

Breastfeeding has many benefits. It also works together with safe sleep to reduce baby’s risk of SIDS and other sleep-related death. Learn more at: https://safetosleep.nichd.nih.gov/safe-sleep/breastfeeding

01/12/2026

🍎 Food Distributions This Week 🥔

🍎 Food Distributions This Week 🥔

Check out this calendar 🗓️ to see when and where the food distributions are in Saginaw County this week.

Big thank you to the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan and their many community partners like the East Side Soup Kitchen, DC House of Blessings, Freeland Lions Club, Old Town Christian Outreach and many others for helping keep our community fed!

If you’re in need of assistance, please dial 2-1-1 to be connected to 211 Northeast Michigan, our community resource line.

If you’re able, please consider donating at https://bit.ly/NourishmentForNeighbors. All funds stay local by helping to stock local pantries, fill emergency food boxes and ensure that no neighbor is left hungry. ❤️

01/12/2026

Enrollment is now open for Rx Kids in the City of Saginaw, Bridgeport and Buena Vista townships! Rx Kids is a program that provides all pregnant moms in these three communities with no-strings-attached cash of $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 each month throughout the baby's first 6 months of life. Learn more and apply at RxKids.org Rx Kids GiveDirectly @bwellsaginaw

01/10/2026

Rx Kids is coming to families in the City of Saginaw, Bridgeport and Buena Vista Townships. Enrollment opens Monday, January 12 at 9am at rxkids.org. To learn more, listen to local Rx Kids champion Chris Harrington, MPH, health officer of the Saginaw County Health Department, talk with Cumulus Media's Scott Stine this Sunday on these radio stations:

6am -- WKQZ-FM

6:30am -- WILZ-FM

7am -- WHNN-FM

7:30am -- WIOG-FM

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01/09/2026

Rx Kids aims to boldly reimagine how we care for each other by walking alongside families during the joyful and economically challenging time of pregnancy and infancy. Starting January 12 at 9am, all moms with babies born after January 1 in the City of Saginaw, Bridgeport and Buena Vista Townships can enroll for no-strings-attached cash of $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 each month throughout baby's first 6 months of life. Learn more and apply at rxkids.org.
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01/08/2026

Next week applications for Rx Kids will open for residents of the City of Saginaw, Bridgeport and Buena Vista townships. All babies born Jan 1 and later are eligible. Get a head start on gathering materials for your application by checking out accepted documents: https://tinyurl.com/rxkidsdocs.

01/07/2026

On Thursday, Dec. 18, Michigan’s Chief Medical Executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian issued a Standing Recommendation advising health care providers and families to follow the child and adolescent immunization schedule produced by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) or the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). We continue to stand by that recommendation.

The underlying scientific evidence remains unchanged and continues to support the full AAP and AAFP vaccination schedules for children. Families should still be able to access the full range of childhood immunizations as recommended by the AAP and AAFP to protect their children from serious diseases.

MDHHS will continue to provide clear guidance, backed by science to help protect Michigan families.

Read the full statement here: https://bit.ly/4jtNGWd

01/07/2026

Rx Kids is a prescription for health, hope and opportunity. The program provides all pregnant moms in the City of Saginaw, Bridgeport and Buena Vista townships with no-strings-attached cash prescription of $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 each month throughout the baby's first 6 months of life. Enrollment opens at 9am on January 12! Learn more and apply at RxKids.org.