The purpose of the Wilkes-Barre City Health Department is to prevent disease and to promote and protect the health of Wilkes-Barre City residents. The Department does so by assessing the needs of the public, offering public health services and creating sound public health policies.

Conducts follow-up investigations of reportable diseases. Those diseases are available on the Pennsylvania Department of Health website.

Health centers are the implementation sites for the Department of Health's public health programs. Services include communicable disease reporting and investigation; epidemiology, informational and referral; chronic disease prevention and intervention; clinical services (including sexually-transmitted disease and tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment, immunization, and HIV testing, counseling and education); family health programs and environmental health services (including animal bites and rabies information).

Health centers are the implementation sites for the Department of Health's public health programs. Services include communicable disease reporting and investigation; epidemiology, informational and referral; chronic disease prevention and intervention; clinical services (including sexually-transmitted disease and tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment, immunization, and HIV testing, counseling and education); family health programs and environmental health services (including animal bites and rabies information).

Health centers are the implementation sites for the Department of Health's public health programs. Services include communicable disease reporting and investigation; epidemiology, informational and referral; chronic disease prevention and intervention; clinical services (including sexually-transmitted disease and tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment, immunization, and HIV testing, counseling and education); family health programs and environmental health services (including animal bites and rabies information).

Monitoring and investigation of communicable diseases, response to disease outbreaks. Free, confidential testing, counseling and exams for sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS on a walk-in basis. Tuberculosis screening and treatment.