by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Mar 28, 2018 | Press Releases
National Public Health Week will be celebrated in Garrett County, and across the nation during the week of April 2-8. This observance provides the opportunity to recognize the contributions of public health and to highlight issues important to improving our nation’s...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Mar 26, 2018 | Press Releases
The Sixteenth Annual Family Fun Festival is planned in conjunction with the 2018 Garrett County Health Fair to commemorate the Month of the Young Child. The Month of the Young Child is celebrated across the country by hundreds of local organizations working to...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Mar 26, 2018 | Press Releases
The weather may be playing games with us, offering spring weather and then blasting us with snow again, but we know the calendar says it’s officially spring. To jump start your health this spring, the Garrett County Health Department is offering a Steps Challenge to...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Mar 14, 2018 | Press Releases
The Accident Community Planning group recently partnered with the local Girl Scout Troop 10070 to provide plates of cookies to the local Veterans Post #208, residents at Cherry Hill Assisted Living and Town View Village, and 25 other local residents. “This event...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Mar 14, 2018 | Press Releases
The Garrett County Steps to Better Health Committee has announced Saturday, April 14, as the date for the next Garrett County Health Fair and Family Fun Festival. The 2018 event will be held at the CARC (Community Aquatic & Recreation Complex) at Garrett College...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Mar 6, 2018 | Press Releases
The Garrett County Health Department is trying to raise awareness of a potentially life threatening disease. Colorectal cancer is the fourth most commonly occurring cancer in the United States and nearly five percent of Americans will develop colorectal cancer in...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Mar 2, 2018 | Environmental Health, Press Releases, Rabies
Environmental Health Services of the Garrett County Health Department reports the second case of laboratory- confirmed rabies in the county for 2018. On February 24, 2018, an altercation occurred, in the Bittinger area, involving a raccoon and a dog with a documented...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Feb 21, 2018 | Press Releases
Just twenty minutes after you quit smoking, your body begins a series of healthy changes that continue for years. Your heart rate and blood pressure drop in the first twenty minutes. Within a month of quitting, your circulation improves and your lungs begin to clean...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Feb 20, 2018 | Press Releases
The Garrett County Health Department kicked off their new Play Hard, Live Clean (PHLC) Campaign in Early February and campaign has already enrolled has more than 50 Garrett County high school students in the online component. The campaign rewards youth who live a...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Feb 14, 2018 | Press Releases
Maryland Rural Health Association, Maryland Department of Health, Rural Maryland Council, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Partnered on Plan Baltimore, MD (Feb. 13, 2018) – The Maryland Rural Health Association (MRHA) released findings from a year-long comprehensive...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Feb 13, 2018 | Press Releases
Employees of GCC Technologies show their support for National Wear Red Day on February 2, 2018. Why Go Red? The Go Red For Women campaign advocates for more research and swifter action for women’s heart health. Cardiovascular disease in the U.S. kills approximately...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Feb 12, 2018 | Press Releases
The Garrett County Health Department’s Just Like You! Program reminds all adults that youth are always watching what you do. “Even older kids tend to follow in the footsteps of their adult role models,” said Linda Costello, Prevention Specialist at the Garrett County...
