JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Ascension St. Vincent\u2019s Mobile Mammography Unit will offer breast cancer screenings at its \u2018Mammos on the Go\u2019 event Tuesday, July 14, at Agape Family Health in Jacksonville. <\/p>\n
The event aims to remove barriers to preventive care, as early detection is crucial for improving outcomes.<\/p>\n
One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime and early detection continues to be one of the most effective tools for improving outcomes. <\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n Ascension St. Vincent\u2019s is bringing its Mobile Mammography Unit directly into the community to make it easier for women to receive potentially life-saving screenings close to home.<\/p>\n The \u2018Mammos on the Go\u2019 event is scheduled from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Agape Family Health, located at 120 King Street, Jacksonville, Fla. 32204. <\/p>\n Breast screenings are available for eligible women age 40 and older.<\/p>\n Insurance is accepted but not required for these screenings and financial assistance is available for those who qualify.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Ascension St. Vincent\u2019s Mobile Mammography Unit will offer breast cancer screenings at its \u2018Mammos on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[344,26442,2009,347,139139,28,348,116,351,118,117,139140,349,43745,350,346,345],"class_list":["post-338125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action-news-jax","tag-ascension-st-vincents","tag-breast-cancer","tag-cbs47","tag-early-detection","tag-florida","tag-fox30","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-fl","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-mammography-unit","tag-northeast-florida","tag-preventive-care","tag-southeast-georgia","tag-wfox","tag-wjax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}