Public health

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Items dealing with hygiene, communicable disease prevention, vaccinations, and other public health issues:
==PSAs & Outreach==
* U.S. Department of Health and Human Services PSAs
* H1N1 Flu PSAs
* Elmo learns about vaccines 
* Vaccination Week in the Americas
* Feeling Good Health Festival 1975
* Sesame Street Child Immunization Campaign 1976
* The Adventures of Kami and Big Bird - HIV/AIDS
* Cleaner, Healthier, Happier - Clean water
* 1, 2, 3 Stay Away Mosquitoes - Mosquito-borne diseases
* Caring for Each Other - COVID-19
* Elmo's Playdate - COVID-19
* One World: Together at Home - COVID-19
* The ABCs of COVID-19 - COVID-19
* COVID-19 Vaccination PSA - COVID-19
* Big Bird Tweets about his COVID shot - COVID-19
* The ABCs of COVID Vaccines - COVID-19
==Episodes==
* Sesame Street: Episode 0343 - A measles vaccination clinic is set up on the street.
* Sesame Street: Episode 1132 - Cody gets immunized.
* Sesame Street: Episode 1339 - Big Bird goes to the doctor and is briefly concerned about his booster shot, but doesn't notice it when it's actually given.
* Sesame Street: Episode 1399 - Dr. Sanchez administers shots to the children.
* Sesame Street: Episode 3442 - Gabi gets the flu and has to be kept away from other children.
* Sesame Street: Episodes 3526 & 3527 - Maria contracts a stomach virus and goes to the hospital.
* Bear in the Big Blue House: "The Big Blue Housecall" - Ojo expresses a fear of getting a shot.
* Fraggle Rock: "Pebble Pox Blues" - Apart from the contagious but fictional Pebble Pox, Doc takes Sprocket for his immunization shots.
* Muppet Babies: "Scooter's Uncommon Cold" - When Baby Scooter catches a cold, the babies enter his body and learn about how vitamin C and white cells fight viruses.
==Segments & Songs==
* "Wash Your Hands" stresses the importance of hygiene to get rid of germs before eating.
* Old West Sketches: Doc Meets Mean Manny: Doc gives Mean Manny his shot.
* Itzhak Perlman talks about the importance of the Polio vaccine with Big Bird. .
* Richard Kind and Snuffy explain how covering your mouth when coughing, and covering your nose (or snuffle) when sneezing, can prevent germs from spreading. .
* Elmo's World: Doctors - In the film segment, Elmo's friend gets a vaccination shot.
* "The Ten Commandments of Health" urges sanitary practices which include hand washing and covering nose and mouth when sneezing or coughing.
* Billy Jo Jive gets his shot in the segment "Bad News Barton." 
==Books & Videos==
* Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Hospital (1990) - Big Bird goes to the hospital with a mild lung infection and learns about medical procedures and testing.
* Heroes Wear Masks (2020) - Mask wearing in public
* Even Grouches Wear Masks! (2020) - Mask wearing in public
==See also==
* Muppet diseases, for fictional epidemics
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Category:Medical