Healthy and Safe Swimming Week

WVAS | By Melanie Hogan

Published May 21, 2023 at 10:55 PM EDT

The Alabama Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be hosting its Healthy and Safe Swimming Week in the coming days.

Officials say the goal is to increase awareness of health and safe water activities while promoting the health benefits of swimming.

Department Epidemiologist DeJuana Grant says this year’s theme is “Got Diarrhea? Don’t Swim; Grant offers some dos of swimming including taking a shower before entering a pool or hot tub. She also suggests being aware of drownings.

The campaign starts on May 23 and ends on May 28.

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Melanie Hogan

Melanie began her career as a work study student, working in the areas of news reporting, anchoring and news-gathering. After graduating from Alabama State University, she worked as a production assistant at the local NBC affiliate, WSFA-TV. As a News Director at WVAS-FM, Melanie leads her team to produce award- winning newscasts and talk shows. Her professional achievements includes News Reporter of the Year for a number of years and awards for talk show producer, by the Alabama Broadcasters Association and the Associated Press. She is an active member of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce. Her goals are to expand the reach of WVAS FM into more homes locally, regionally and nationally.

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