From the Harford County Health Department: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated January as National Radon Action Month to increase the public’s awareness of radon, promote radon testing and mitigation, and advance the use of radon-resistant, new construction practices. Radon is an odorless, colorless, radioactive gas that cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted […]
Harford County Health Department Urges Women to be Screened for Cervical Cancer
From the Harford County Health Department: This year, an estimated 230 Maryland women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer and approximately 70 will die from the disease. The human papilloma virus, HPV, can cause certain cancers and other diseases. About 17,600 women and 9,300 men are diagnosed with a cancer caused by HPV each year […]
Harford County Health Department Ready to Assist Residents with Naloxone Device Recall
From the Harford County Health Department: County residents who received their Naloxone kits through the Harford County Health Department between May 2014 through September 2016, are urged to check their atomizer for recalled lot numbers. This request is in response to Teleflex Medical Inc.’s medical device recall for specific lots of MAD Nasal Intranasal Mucola […]
Harford County Health Department Supports World AIDS Day Observance
From the Harford County Health Department: On December 1st, 2016, 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. World AIDS Day was the first-ever global health day, held for the […]
Harford County Health Department Offers Free Flu Shots to Students K-12
From the Harford County Health Department: Maryland already has seen its first cases of seasonal influenza this year and parents are encouraged to have their children vaccinated. The Health Department is offering the seasonal flu shot free of charge to any child kindergarten-age through grade twelve. Clinics will be held at the following times and […]
Harford County Health Department Encourages Participation in Great American Smokeout
From the Harford County Health Department: The Harford County Health Department joins public health organizations around the state and throughout the nation encouraging smokers to take part in the American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout (GASO) event on November 17th. The annual event challenges people not to smoke cigarettes for 24 hours, hoping their decision […]
Harford County Joins “No Shave November” Campaign to Grow Cancer Awareness
From Harford County government: No Shave November is a national campaign to “grow” awareness about the importance of men’s cancer screenings. In recognition of No Shave November, County Executive Barry Glassman invites the men of Harford County to stop shaving for the month and donate new shaving supplies and other toiletries to support local veterans […]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month Observed in Octover; Health Department Urges Women to be Screened
From the Harford County Health Department: This year approximately 4,880 Maryland women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 820 will die from the disease, making breast cancer the second most frequently diagnosed cancer in women. One of the best tools available to reduce breast cancer deaths is the screening mammogram. The Harford County Health […]