by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Aug 3, 2018 | Press Releases
Each August Garrett County WIC (Women, Infants and Children’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program) joins the rest of the nation in celebrating National Breastfeeding Month, as well as joining the rest of the world in celebrating World Breastfeeding Week the first...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Jul 30, 2018 | Press Releases, Tobacco
The Garrett County Health Department has scheduled a number of free tobacco cessation classes at various locations through the end of the year. The first class begins Monday, August 13 at 5:30 pm in the Garrett County Health Department Conference Room. Throughout the...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Jul 30, 2018 | Press Releases
Partners After School @ Accident will offer a summer camp on weekdays, August 6 through 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Accident fire hall. “Power Up Summer Camp will weave a theme of personal power and responsibility through two weeks of academic skills refreshers, arts...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Jul 30, 2018 | Press Releases
The Garrett County Health Department continues to hold periodic Overdoes Response Trainings at their offices in Oakland and Grantsville. These free classes cover recognition of the signs and symptoms of an overdose, activation of emergency response, rescue breathing,...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Jul 20, 2018 | Press Releases
The Garrett County Health Department reminds parents of the new immunization requirements for school students: A second dose of Varicella vaccine is required for Kindergarten through 4th grade A single dose of Tdap and a single dose of Meningococcal vaccine is...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Jul 16, 2018 | Press Releases
The number is 24. It’s not a lucky number; it’s the number of children who have died in hot cars so far in 2018. It’s already more than halfway to the average yearly number of deaths, 37. That’s a total of 767 children who have died due to pediatric vehicular...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Jul 16, 2018 | Press Releases
When grandma Shirley Bugos schedules a “Cousin Camp,” her grandkids know it won’t be all fun and games. Whenever, wherever, they get together for their week-long family vacation, they know there will be some work involved. They come from all over the country, from...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Jul 13, 2018 | Press Releases
Environmental Health Services of the Garrett County Health Department reports the third case of laboratory-confirmed rabies in Garrett County for 2018. On July 6, 2018, an altercation occurred, in the Accident area, involving a raccoon and two dogs. One dog was...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Jul 6, 2018 | Press Releases
Records show that 18% of all Garrett County school students participated the Play Hard, Live Clean (PHLC) Campaign during the 2017-2018 school year. That total participation number includes just over 19% of elementary school students, 18% of middle school students,...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Jul 6, 2018 | Press Releases
During June Southern High School Youth in Action members and staff from the Garrett County Health Department completed scans of 43 businesses in the county which have tobacco or alcohol licenses. The scans are a component of an ongoing Responsible Retailer Program,...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Jul 6, 2018 | Press Releases
Youth from Community Planning Groups across Garrett County recently placed 7,221 stickers on cases of beer reminding purchasers of Maryland’s alcohol laws. Research shows that underage drinking negatively impacts the developing brain, causing many health and safety...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Jul 2, 2018 | Press Releases
Travelers Should Remain Vigilant About the Zika Virus Photo by Jared Belson, CC 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/187169100@N06/49657959061/, Originally found on Pexels at: https://www.pexels.com/photo/black-white-mosquito-86722/ The Garrett County Health Department...
