The Harford County Health Department has announced a community H1N1 vaccination clinic for pregnant women and people who live with, or care for, children under 6 months of age. The clinic is planned for Wednesday, December 9, 2009 from 1:30 – 6:30 p.m at the Health Department location at 1321 Woodbridge Station Way, Edgewood, MD […]
H1N1 Vaccine Program To Be Completed in Harford County Public Schools
It started as a trickle in mid-October, ebbed and flowed through November, and thanks to a final surge in early December, the H1N1 vaccine will have been offered to every student in Harford County Public Schools by Friday, December 18, 2009. Nationally, production delays have resulted in a shortage of the H1N1 vaccine. In Maryland, […]
Half Of Harford’s Schools Will Have Been Offered H1N1 Vaccine By Week’s End
Local demand for the H1N1 vaccine still outstrips supply, but by week’s end the Harford County Health Department will have offered immunizations to students at more than half of the 53 public schools in Harford County. Currently, there are no identified outbreaks of influenza-like illness in Harford County public schools, and nearly all of the […]
Health Dept Offers Seasonal FluMist Vaccine in All Harford Middle Schools
The Harford County Health Department will offer the seasonal FluMist vaccine to all middle school students in Harford County Public Schools during the week of December 7 – 11, 2009. The vaccine will be offered free of charge, but students must have parental consent in order to receive the vaccine. Parental consent forms are due […]
Harford Public Schools to Close Early for Thanksgiving Holiday
Harford County Public Schools will close two hours early on Wednesday, November 25th for the Thanksgiving Holiday. The dismissal schedule for students is as follows: * High School: 12:00 p.m. * North Harford Middle School: 12:00 p.m. * Middle School: 12:45 p.m. * Elementary School: 1:30 p.m. * Elementary Fourth Tier (Havre de Grace, William […]
Harford Schools Results Mixed on College-Level Exams
Advanced Placement Exams are developed by The College Board and offered to high school students nationwide in subjects ranging from English Literature to Calculus to Art History. Results from the AP Exams let students know if they are ready for college-level work and provide the rest of us with one of the few available measurements […]
H1N1 Vaccination Rates Low in Harford Schools
At a number of Harford County Public Schools where the scarce H1N1 vaccine has been offered, a majority of students did not have parental consent and therefore were not immunized in school. In six out of the 11 public schools where it has been administered, less than half of the student population got the H1N1 […]
Tea Parties “Storm the Capitol” Over Health Care
Bel Air Tea Party organizer Tony Passaro loaded up two charter buses in the parking lot of the Harford County Government building in Bel Air this morning, headed for a health care protest in Washington D. C. Passaro said he had about 100 people, whom he called “The Old Maryland Line”, ready to join a […]
