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Fall Flu + COVID Vaccine Clinics

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Registration is Open for

SBPHC Flu/COVID Vaccine Clinic

The Southern Berkshire Public Health Collaborative will be holding a series of clinics covering their 12-town region in Southern Berkshire County in October, November and December. At these clinics, we will be providing updated COVID vaccines (for ages 6 months or older), as well as regular-dose flu (for ages 6 months or older) and high-dose flu (for ages 65 and older). For a list of these clinics, go to 2024 SBPHC Vaccine Clinic List 8.8.24

We are also offering in-home vaccinations are also available to people living in member towns who have difficulty leaving the house.

Registration is required for your flu or COVID vaccine, which can be done using one of these three easy methods:

Go to https://home.color.com/vaccine/register/tritown and pick the desired clinic;
Attend one of our pre-registration vaccine events being held in each town in September; or
Contact SBPHC staff at (413) 243-5540 x109 so that they can register you over the phone and/or screen individuals requesting an in-home vaccination.

Although the flu and COVID vaccinations are provided at no cost, we ask that you have your insurance card with you at the time of registration as well as the day of the clinic. This will reduce your wait time the day of your vaccine appointment.

Our goal is to keep our communities protected this respiratory illness season by ensuring all community members have access to vaccines. Do your part by getting your vaccine appointment today!

Sharps Disposal Locations in South County

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Many people use needles, syringes and lancets—called “sharps”—to manage their medical conditions at home. These conditions include diabetes, allergies, infertility, arthritis, hepatitis, HIV, blood clotting disorders, migraines and cancer. Sharps are also used to give medication to pets and farm animals.

But the haphazard disposal of these devices is putting a lot of other people, including waste-disposal workers, housekeepers, family members and children, at risk of injury and serious infections.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has created a new web section with information about the safe disposal of needles and other sharps at http://www.fda.gov/safesharpsdisposal.

Alford Transfer Station (residents only): 5 Alford Center Rd, Alford
Berkshire Harm Reduction: 510 North St, Suite 6-B2, Pittsfield
Great Barrington Board of Health: 334 Main St, Gt Barrington
Egremont Transfer Station: (residents only) 171 Plain Rd, S. Egremont
Fairview Hospital Emergency Room: 29 Lewis Ave, Gt Barrington (24/7)
Otis Town Hall: 417 North Main Rd, Otis
Sheffield Town Hall: 21 Depot Square, Sheffield
South County Recovery Center: 67 State Rd, Great Barrington
Tri-Town Health Department: 45 Railroad St, Lee

South County In-Home Vaccination Program

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The Southern Berkshire Public Health Collaborative (SBPHC) will be providing in-home updated COVID, regular-dose flu and high dose flu vaccinations for individuals who have difficulty getting out out of the house who live in one of the 12 towns SBPHC serves. To register yourself or a loved one for an in-home vaccination, please call SBPHC at 413 243 5540 x109 and leave a message that includes your name and phone number.

SBPHC provides public health services to the the towns of Alford, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Marlborough, Otis, Sandisfield, Sheffield, Stockbridge and Tyringham.