by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Dec 5, 2017 | Press Releases
The Garrett County Health Department, partnering with the Oakland Town Hall, Garrett County Sheriff’s Office, and Maryland State police, participated in the National Drug Take Back Day in late October. A total of 92 pounds of medications were collected at the three...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Nov 14, 2017 | Press Releases
The Garrett County Health Department (GCHD) is encouraging anyone who uses tobacco to commit, or recommit, to healthy, tobacco-free lives by participating in the American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout on Thursday, November 16, 2017. “The most important thing...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Nov 14, 2017 | Press Releases
The Garrett County Health Department has scheduled a free Opioid Overdose Response Training for Tuesday, December 5, at their Oakland Office, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Persons 18 and older who complete the training will receive Naloxone to administer to a person who is...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Nov 13, 2017 | Press Releases
The Garrett County Health Department has schedule one final walk-in seasonal flu immunization clinic to be held at the Grantsville office (28 Hershberger Lane), on Friday, November 17, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Insurance providers, including Medicare Part B, will be...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Nov 7, 2017 | Press Releases
The Garrett County Partners After School @ Oakland program recently completed their part of a research project with John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Baylor University called Play Streets, a program is designed to create safe places to play in diverse...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Nov 7, 2017 | Press Releases
The Partners After School programs @ Oakland and @ Accident joined forces to celebrate Lights On Afterschool on Thursday, October 26th. Students from the Accident program traveled to Southern Middle School to join participants from the Oakland program in the...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Nov 7, 2017 | Press Releases
The Garrett County Health Department is working with four local dental clinics on a grant which has the dental offices identify patients with high blood pressure. The participating offices are Dream Dental, Dr. Terry Dornburg, Mullins Family Dentistry, and the Health...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Nov 1, 2017 | Press Releases
The Garrett County Health Department is offering two final seasonal flu immunization clinics for this year. Walk-in clinics will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Oakland office (1025 Memorial Drive), on Thursday, November 9, and at the Grantsville office (28...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Oct 31, 2017 | Press Releases
A Mental Health First Aid training is scheduled for Saturday, November 18, in Oakland. Mental Health First Aid is the initial help given to a person showing symptoms of mental illness or in a mental health crisis until appropriate professional or other help, including...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Oct 31, 2017 | Environmental Health, Press Releases, Rabies
Environmental Health Services of the Garrett County Health Department announces the fourth case of laboratory confirmed rabies in the county for 2017. A skunk from the northern end of the county was submitted to the Maryland Department of Health laboratory and was...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Oct 23, 2017 | Press Releases
Beginning Tuesday, October 24, the back entrance of the Garrett County Health Department’s Oakland office will be closed for several days due to a sidewalk replacement project. Please be prepared to use the front entrance when visiting the Health Department. Customers...
by John Corbin (BS, CPT, MCPT, CSNC) | Oct 18, 2017 | Letter to the Editor, Press Releases
Did you know that most women diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history of the disease? Did you know the top two risk factors for breast cancer are being a woman and getting older? That means you or someone you love is, or will be, at risk of developing...
