From the Harford County Health Department: On Friday, December 11 and Saturday, December 12, 2015, the Harford County Health Department and Harford County Public Schools are partnering to conduct a number of clinics that will provide free FluMist to any child between the ages of 2 through 18. The clinics will be held at the […]
Harford County Health Department Supports World AIDS Day Observance; Free Confidential Testing
From the Harford County Health Department: On Tuesday, December 1st, 2015 in support of World AIDS Day, the Harford County Health Department will offer free walk-in confidential or anonymous HIV testing at 1 N. Main Street, Bel Air, MD 21014 from 9:00AM to 1:00PM. Conceived in 1988 as the first-ever global health observance, World AIDS […]
Healthy Harford Receives Grant from Friends R Family Foundation for Suicide Prevention
From University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health: Healthy Harford has received a $5,000 grant from the Friends R Family Foundation to promote suicide prevention in Harford County. In partnership with University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health (UM UCH), Harford County Government and Harford County Sheriff’s Office, Healthy Harford hosts eight-hour Mental Health First Aid training […]
Harford County Health Department Observes American Cancer Society’s ‘Great American Smokeout’
From the Harford County Health Department: Thursday, November 19th is the date of the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout, a day annually designated to encourage all smokers to quit for at least 24 hours, or to make a plan to quit. The GAS also attempts to draw national public awareness of and personal attention […]
Glassman Administration Initiates “Project Healthy Delivery” to Reduce Drug Addiction in Harford County Newborns
From Harford County government: To protect Harford County’s youngest citizens from the heroin epidemic seizing the nation, County Executive Barry Glassman and his administration are initiating an innovative program to reduce drug addiction in newborn babies. “Project Healthy Delivery” is designed to help address the more than 70 babies born exposed to drugs and/or alcohol […]
Number of Drug-Dependent Newborns Rise in Harford County; 142% Increase in Newborns’ Exposure to Drugs/Alcohol in Last 14 Years
From University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health: While the news of rising heroin use and overdoses in Harford County dominates the headlines, the untold story is of babies born to addicted mothers. Thirty percent of 2014 admissions to the Special Care Nursery at University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health were for babies with exposure to […]
Father Martin’s Ashley Opens New Facility Designed to Meet Complex Needs of 21st Century Addiction Patient
From Father Martin’s Ashley: Father Martin’s Ashley, the nationally recognized private, non-profit alcoholism and drug addiction treatment center, today announced the opening of Skip’s Hall for Integrated Addiction Treatment, a new $20 million, 44,000-square-foot building on its Chesapeake Bay-side campus outside of Baltimore, Maryland. The Skip Viragh Foundation bestowed $13 million to support the construction […]
Maryland University of Integrative Health and University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health Sign Formal Partnership Agreement
From UM Upper Chesapeake Health: Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH), one of the nation’s leading graduate schools for natural medicine, and University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health (UM UCH) are joining forces to bring integrative health services to individuals receiving care at UM Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. This innovative agreement offers MUIH graduate student […]
