by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Dec 22, 2020 | Press Releases
By Diane Lee, Public Information Officer, Garrett County Health Department The Garrett County Health Department is now offering free Virtual Overdose Response Trainings. These one-on-one sessions will cover information about drugs that cause overdoses, as well as how...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Dec 22, 2020 | Press Releases
By Diane Lee, Public Information Officer, Garrett County Health Department The Garrett County Health Department has scheduled a virtual class to help parents and caregivers of children in grades 5-12 increase their knowledge of drug use in our society and learn how to...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Dec 15, 2020 | Press Releases
By Diane Lee, Public Information Officer, Garrett County Health Department Early Care Programs at the Garrett County Health Department has a new case management service designed to help women who are at risk for substance use disorder or opioid use disorder. Healthy...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Dec 15, 2020 | Press Releases
By Diane Lee, Public Information Officer, Garrett County Health Department Looking back to the beginning of this year, nobody could know that all of our New Year’s resolutions should have been to just make it through 2020. The pandemic has put many things into...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Dec 8, 2020 | Press Releases
By Diane Lee, Public Information Officer, Garrett County Health Department A “Walking Take Back” Event will be held on Saturday, December 19, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Winter Farmers Market at the Simon Pierce in Oakland. The Take Back is a joint event between the...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Nov 23, 2020 | Press Releases
By Diane Lee, Public Information Officer, Garrett County Health Department Just Like You! is a campaign designed to remind all adults how important it is for them to be a positive role model for the children and youth in their lives. “The stress of the pandemic can...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Nov 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Press Releases
By Diane Lee, Public Information Officer, Garrett County Health Department The Garrett County Health Department recently partnered with local Community Planning Groups in four communities to distribute free masks at the their COVID-19 compliant events. Mask were...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Oct 20, 2020 | Press Releases
By Diane Lee, Public Information Officer, Garrett County Health Department Now is a great time to schedule a flu shot at the Garrett County Health Department. In fact, there is a new, very easy online registration process to schedule an appointment. In order to comply...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Oct 19, 2020 | Press Releases
By Diane Lee, Public Information Officer, Garrett County Health Department The Garrett County Health Department, in cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and local law enforcement agencies, will participate in the next National...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Oct 15, 2020 | Press Releases, Rabies
By Diane Lee, Public Information Officer, Garrett County Health Department The Garrett County Health Department will hold a rabies clinic for the vaccination of dogs, cats, and ferrets at their Oakland office on Saturday,...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Oct 14, 2020 | Press Releases
In the upcoming weeks, Secret Shoppers will be visiting local alcohol retail establishments to assess ID checking practices. Secret Shoppers, all of whom are of legal age to purchase alcohol but young enough to trigger an ID check, will hand a green card...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Oct 8, 2020 | Press Releases
Environmental Health Services of the Garrett County Health Department reports the fourth case of laboratory-confirmed rabies for 2020 in Garrett County. An unvaccinated feral barn cat, submitted from the Oakland area to the Maryland Department of Health laboratory,...
