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Lynn Kane posted an update in the group Is our community healthy? 6 years ago

Resources and News for Extreme Cold
https://preparedness.health.maryland.gov/Pages/resources_cold.aspx

Lynn Kane posted an update in the group Is our community healthy? 6 years ago

Some of the dangers associated with winter weather include hypothermia, frostbite, carbon monoxide poisoning, and injuries from heat sources. Hypothermia occurs when the body temperature falls below 95 degrees Fahrenheit. Frostbite is the freezing and subsequent destruction of body tissue that is likely to occur any time skin temperature gets…[Read more]

Lynn Kane posted an update in the group Is our community healthy? 6 years ago

Urgent Message:
“Temperatures are expected to plummet across Maryland this Thanksgiving weekend,” said Maryland Department of Health Deputy Secretary for Public Health Fran Phillips. “If you must go outside, prevent cold-related illness, like hypothermia, by wearing layers and protecting your nose, ears, toes, and fingers. If you’re leaving…[Read more]

Christine Delaney uploaded the file: Alcohol-Related Deaths to Drugs: Problems and Solutions 6 years ago

Juli McCoy joined the group Is our community healthy? 6 years ago

Caroline Green joined the group Is our community healthy? 6 years ago

Juli McCoy joined the group Drugs: Problems and Solutions 6 years ago

Abby Mensinger joined the group What matters to you? 6 years ago

Lynn Kane posted an update in the group Is our community healthy? 6 years ago

Concerned about getting vaccines?

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials issued press release expressing alarm that declining vaccination rates are putting Americans at risk for flu and other potentially deadly…[Read more]

Jennifer Corder replied 6 years ago

From this article you posted I will just re-post this important quote identifying the need to present facts to worried parents when it comes to vaccinating their children.
“The health concerns that parents have over the risks of vaccination need to be addressed with compassion and with care, but also with facts so that informed decisions can be…[Read more]

Sandy Kenney Arnold joined the group Drugs: Problems and Solutions 6 years ago

Dorian Birkholz joined the group Health Insurance 6 years ago

Dorian Birkholz joined the group Is our community healthy? 6 years ago

Jen Slater-Thomas joined the group Is our community healthy? 6 years ago

Jen Slater-Thomas joined the group What matters to you? 6 years ago

Jen Slater-Thomas joined the group Drugs: Problems and Solutions 6 years ago

Christine Delaney uploaded the file: Latest Overdose Deaths Data for Allegany County to Drugs: Problems and Solutions 6 years ago

Total Number of Drug and Alcohol-Related Intoxication Deaths by Place of Occurrence, Maryland, 2007-2017 and YTD 2018 Through June from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

Jennifer Corder replied 6 years ago

Would be interesting to look at these data and carve out categories. I wonder how many deaths were related to alcohol alone, without any other substance.
- Christine Delaney replied 6 years ago
  
  We can break this down by drug of use. I will email post the Alcohol only data.

Christine Delaney uploaded the file: Underage Drinking Prevention Campaign to Drugs: Problems and Solutions 6 years ago

The Allegany County Association of Student Councils worked hard to create a really nice underage drinking prevention campaign. A billboard was created, along with radio ads, a snap chat filter, and geofencing digital advertising. Great job Student Council leaders on reaching out to your fellow peers!!!