Posted: Monday, August 20th, 2018
Westover, Md. – The Somerset County Health Department has scheduled their annual Fall Rabies Vaccination Clinics. The Rabies Clinics will be held in Somerset County at the following locations between 6:00pm and 8:00pm. The fee for each animal is $8.00. Cash or checks will be accepted. …
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Posted: Tuesday, August 14th, 2018
Westover, Md. – The Somerset County Health Department will hold their annual mass back to school vaccination clinics on August 28, 2018 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm, on August 31 from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm and again on September 7 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. Free vaccinations are for students entering Kindergarten, 1st through…
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Posted: Thursday, July 26th, 2018
Fentanyl Deaths Continue to Rise Baltimore, MD (July 26, 2018)—The Maryland Department of Health today released data for unintentional drug and alcohol-related intoxication deaths for the entirety of 2017 and the first quarter of 2018. Both reports can be found here. During 2017, there were 2,282 drug and alcohol-related intoxication deaths in Maryland. Of those deaths, 2,009…
Posted: Wednesday, July 25th, 2018
The Partnership Earned Two Emmy Awards Through Powerful Real-Life Stories Baltimore, MD (July 24, 2018) — The Maryland Department of Health Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) partnered with Maryland Public Television (MPT) on a public awareness campaign regarding the heroin/opioid epidemic, which resulted in MPT being the recipient of two Emmy® Awards. The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter…
Posted: Monday, July 9th, 2018
Maryland Department of Health Investigating Contamination Baltimore, MD (July 6, 2018)—The Maryland Department of Health is warning consumers to avoid eating fresh crab meat imported from Venezuela because of potential risk of infection. The Department is investigating a cluster of Vibrio infections in individuals who reported eating “fresh” (non-pasteurized) crab meat—from a plastic tub—with a label…
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