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Jeanne Franklin

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    Outdoors

    Hiker Attacked by Coyote on Chester County Trail

    January 5, 2026

    A coyote attack injured a trail user in Chester County on Sunday, Dec. 28, writes Tom Ignudo for CBS News Philadelphia.  According to the police, the incident took…

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    Health & Fitness

    Chester County Health Department Releases Community Health Assessment

    June 5, 2025

    The Chester County Health Department released its latest Community Health Assessment (CHA), a detailed report that provides an in-depth look at the current health status…

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    Nonprofit

    YMCA of Greater Brandywine Debuts Fit Truk to Improve Community Health

    January 18, 2025

    The YMCA of Greater Brandywine (YGBW) hosted elected officials, healthcare providers, and community leaders on Tuesday, Jan. 14 for a ribbon-cutting event to celebrate the…

  • BSA VISTA Leadership Megastars
    Leadership Profiles

    BSA VISTA Leadership Megastars Celebrates ‘Finest Examples’ of What a Leader Can, Should Be

    September 28, 2023

    Local community and business leaders recently gathered at the Chester County Council, Boy Scouts of America’s Program, Activity, and Resource Campus (PARC) in Exton to…

  • woman receiving bandaid after vaccine
    Healthcare

    Chester County Health Department to Hold Flu, COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics Throughout County  

    September 13, 2023

    With the start of flu season quickly approaching, the Chester County Health Department announces vaccination clinics, open to all, at area schools from late September…

  • Jeanne Franklin
    Leadership Profiles

    2023 BSA VISTA Leadership Megastars – Jeanne Franklin

    August 16, 2023

    Detroit native Jeanne Franklin is the Public Health Director with the Chester County Health Department. Franklin, who earned both a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and…

  • BSA VISTA Leadership Megastars
    Leadership Profiles

    Revealing the 2023 BSA VISTA Leadership Megastars

    July 14, 2023

    BSA VISTA Leadership Megastars — an initiative that the Chester County Council, Boy Scouts of America launched in 2021 with VISTA Today — is ready…

  • Ashley Orr
    Leadership Profiles

    2023 VISTA Millennial Superstars: Ashley Orr

    March 30, 2023

    Ashley Orr, a Downingtown East High School graduate is the Population Health Bureau Director at the Chester County Health Department. “I have the privilege of…

  • people biking
    Health & Fitness

    Chester County Health Department Implements ‘Chesco On the Move’ Campaign

    March 2, 2023

    The Chester County Health Department announces the introduction of “Chesco On The Move” – its renewed focus on movement as a benefit for both our…

  • Betsy Walls is congratulated in a social media post by the Delaware County Health Department for being a public health trailblazer in Pennsylvania
    Healthcare

    Local Woman Honored by CDC as Public Health Trailblazer

    February 8, 2023

    Betsy Walls of Lansdowne who served as the director of personal health at the Chester County Health Department for 18 years was honored this week…

  • Healthcare

    Social Activities with ‘No Prevention Strategies in Place’ Push Up COVID-19 Cases in Chester County, Region 

    May 23, 2022

    COVID-19 cases in Chester County and the region are once again on the rise as a subvariant of omicron continues to spread rapidly through the…

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    Healthcare

    WHYY: Chester County Health Officials Shift Priorities from Contact Tracing to Testing, Vaccinations

    January 27, 2022

    With the number of COVID-19 cases having skyrocketed in January, Chester County health officials have decided to shift priorities from contact tracing to testing and…

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    Healthcare

    VIDEO: Chester County Health Director Discusses State of COVID-19 in Chester County During Recent NoonZOOM

    January 22, 2022

    Breakthrough cases of COVID-19 do not mean that vaccinations aren’t working. That was one of several messages that Jeanne Franklin, Director of the Chester County…

  • Woman putting on a facemask.
    Health & Fitness

    A New Year of Battling COVID in Chester County: Jeanne Franklin to Discuss the Omicron Surge, Testing, and Vaccinations on Jan. 20 NoonZOOM

    January 19, 2022

    What are the current COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death trends across Chester County? How do Chester County’s vaccination rates compare to similar counties in the…

  • child holding vaccine card
    Healthcare

    Chester County Health Department Now Accepting Appointments to Vaccinate Children Ages 5 and Older

    November 3, 2021

    The Chester County Health Department is gearing up to deliver Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations to children ages 5-11 now that the Centers for Disease Control has…

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    Healthcare

    Rolling Out Booster Shots Will Require Much Coordination. Chester County Is Up to the Task

    August 24, 2021

    Chester County is currently in the process of preparing to roll out third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, following the announcement by the Biden Administration…

  • Jeanne Franklin
    Government & Civic Life

    County Officials Provide COVID-19 Update: ‘Communities Rallied, and Their Commitment Really Made an Impact’

    June 13, 2021

    The Chester County Health Department has announced that 83 percent of the county’s eligible residents (those ages 12 and older) are partially or fully vaccinated…

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    Uncategorized

    As ‘Vaccine Proves Itself as Greatest Weapon’ in Fighting COVID-19, New Cases Continue to Drop in Chester County

    May 16, 2021

    Jeanne Franklin, Director of the Chester County Health Department, has welcomed the news that the FDA has expanded the emergency use authorization of the Pfizer…

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