The month of May 2017 has been proclaimed by Governor Hogan as Tick-borne Disease Awareness Month. Lyme disease, one of many tick-borne diseases, is the most common vector-borne disease in America. It is the fourth most common communicable disease reported in the...
The Environmental Health Unit of the Garrett County Health Department reports the first case of laboratory confirmed rabies in the county for 2017. A raccoon submitted from the McHenry area to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene laboratory was...