Health

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (March 12, 2021) – Henderson County COVID-19 vaccine providers will move to Group 4 eligibility alongside the state on March 17, starting with vaccinations for individuals with high-risk medical conditions, experiencing homelessness or incarcerated.

Local providers have been scheduling appointments for frontline essential workers in Group 3 while continuing to prioritize previous eligible groups. As more seniors have been able to receive vaccination appointments, providers are comfortable signaling the official shift to Groups 3 and 4.

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (March 10, 2021) – Henderson County has been ranked as the healthiest county in Western North Carolina and among the healthiest in the state, according to the 2020 County Health Rankings report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Henderson County achieved one of its highest combined rankings ever in the report, which evaluates both health factors and outcomes in all 100 counties. In overall health outcomes, Henderson County’s rank improved from 13 in 2019 to 8 in 2020. In overall health factors, the county improved from 5 to 3.

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (March 2, 2021) – The Henderson County Department of Public Health and its partners will remain focused on providing the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible seniors, healthcare workers, school and child care staff until supply increases enough to open up to additional essential workers.

The Henderson County Department of Public Health accepts a limited number of Nurse Practitioner (NP) and Physician Assistant (PA) students for spring, fall and summer semesters for clinic rotations in Pediatrics and Women’s Health. 

We currently accept students from Wingate University, Duke University and Western Carolina University.

We do not maintain a waitlist but will contact the clinical coordinator for the universities listed above if an unexpected opening occurs. 

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (January 14, 2021) – All individuals 65 and older are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination in Henderson County, following new state guidelines announced today.    

The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) today announced new priority groupings that includes all adults 65 and over in the current vaccination group – now labeled Group 2 instead of Phase 1b, Group 1.

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (January 11, 2021) – In an effort to prioritize COVID-19 vaccine distribution, the Henderson County Department of Public Health will sunset the Henderson County, COVID-19 Dashboard and transition solely to supporting the COVID-19 North Carolina Data Dashboard.

The Henderson County Department of Public Health (HCDPH), in partnership with the Henderson County Information Technology Department, has maintained the Henderson County Dashboard since April 2020. 

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (December 29, 2020) – The Henderson County Department of Public Health received its first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine last week and will work to vaccinate front-line healthcare workers and other top priority groups in the weeks ahead. 

On Dec. 22, Henderson County received 1,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine. Throughout the past week, front-line health department staff, paramedics and other EMT first responders received their first dose in the two-part vaccination series. 

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (December 21, 2020) – The Henderson County Department of Public Health will prioritize high-risk case investigations in response to the growing volume of COVID-19 cases, asking individuals to follow and self-impose restrictions as warranted.

Current caseloads make it increasingly unlikely for the Health Department to contact each positive case in a timely fashion. This is partly due to testing capacity in the community being overwhelmed paired with longer laboratory reporting times.

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (December 17, 2020) – The Henderson County Department of Public Health has identified a COVID-19 cluster associated with a holiday celebration event at First Baptist Church, Hendersonville over the Dec. 5 weekend.

The Health Department has the updated Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for ages 12 and older. Please call 828-694-6015 to make an appointment. 

For other COVID-19 vaccine options, visit www.vaccines.gov to find a local pharmacy. 

It is recommended that everyone ages 6 months and older should get the 2024–2025 COVID-19 vaccine. This includes people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine before and people who have had COVID-19.