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...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Jul 2, 2018 | Press Releases
The public is invited to attend a Garrett County Opioid Town Hall Meeting on July 10 at the Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department at 178 Springs Rd, Grantsville, beginning at 6 p.m. “We want to continue to bring the community together for open conversations about how...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Jun 26, 2018 | Press Releases
Club 21550 held their annual Family Fishing Rodeo in early June at Broadford Park. “The weather that evening was wonderful, but fish were just not biting,” said Linda Costello, Garrett County Health Department Outreach Worker. “But the young kids still had a chance to...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Jun 25, 2018 | Press Releases
A donation from GCC Technologies, LLC, has made it possible to continue programming through the summer at Partners After School (PAS) programs. Enhancement activities include STEM, literacy, health and wellness activities and more. Over the course of a year...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Jun 25, 2018 | Press Releases
Staff members from the Garrett County Health Department and underage buyers from both county high schools worked with officers from the Garrett County Sheriff’s Office to conduct tobacco compliance checks around the county from July 2017 to June 2018. The purpose of...
