News & Events <Somerset County Health Department

Posted: Tuesday, January 21st, 2020

Nutrition and fitness-based diabetes prevention program starting in January

Snow Hill, MD- Get fit, lose weight, and improve your health with certified lifestyle coaches. Starting in January of 2020, Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester County Health Departments are sponsoring the National Diabetes Prevention Program in a county near you. The National Diabetes Prevention Program is a year-long, evidence-based program proven to delay or prevent the development of…

Posted: Friday, October 18th, 2019

Maryland Department of Health launches new on-line portal to give access to vaccination records at no cost to residents

Baltimore, MD – The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) today announced a new portal that will enable Maryland residents to access vaccination records online at no cost. Users will be able to view and print official copies of their vaccination records, and those of their family members, on demand via MD.MyIR.net — without an additional request to a…

Posted: Thursday, October 3rd, 2019

Somerset Health is seeking community proposals for youth prevention projects

Westover, Md. – The Somerset County Health Department is requesting small grant proposals from community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, schools or other interested organizations for funding to implement youth focused prevention projects. Proposals that focus on Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) programming and proposals that focus on tobacco and vaping prevention will be considered. The Sexual…

Posted: Monday, September 16th, 2019

Homeless Alliance for the Lower Shore Seeks Members

Westover, Md. – The Somerset County Health Department is the Continuum of Care (CoC) Lead for the Homeless Alliance for the Lower Shore Continuum of Care Committee (HALS CoC). The HALS CoC is a group of individuals from Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties formed around the common concern of homelessness. Members include representatives from local…

Posted: Friday, August 9th, 2019

Back to School Required Vaccines to be Given at the Somerset County Health Dept.

Westover, Md. – The Somerset County Health Department will again hold their annual mass back to school vaccination clinics on August 26, 2019 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, on September 9 and 16 from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm and again on September 23 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Free vaccinations are for…