PA Department of Health
State community health office serving Tioga County residents.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health operates a State Health Center at Wellsboro Plaza, giving Tioga County residents direct access to public health services close to home. The office is staffed by community health nurses and support personnel — most of them local — who deliver programs coordinated at the state level.
Core services include free and low-cost immunizations for children and adults (routine childhood vaccines, tetanus and pertussis boosters, and seasonal flu shots), tuberculosis screening and follow-up, and confidential testing and counseling for sexually transmitted infections and HIV. Nurses also provide guidance for pregnant patients and new parents, referrals to the WIC nutrition program, and information on chronic disease prevention.
The Wellsboro office is a key point of contact during any public health event affecting the region — from a measles exposure at a local school to a seasonal respiratory virus surge. Staff coordinate with school nurses, primary care providers at Guthrie, and hospitals across the surrounding counties.
For families here, the health center is often the reason a child's kindergarten shots got done on time, or why an uninsured neighbor got the follow-up care they needed. Locating it on Route 6 places quiet, essential public health work in the busiest corridor in the county.
