Dennis Avenue Center Once Served as Mortuary for Crows (Video)

The Dennis Avenue Health Center building in Silver Spring will be demolished when a new state-of-the-art facility replaces it in about 18 months.

At the groundbreaking ceremony for the new building, retired medical director Dr. Thomas Walsh reminisced about the current facility and even gave the history of how the health center once served as a mortuary for crows waiting to be tested during the West Nile Virus scare.

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COVID-19 vaccinations for 5-11 year olds started Thursday in Montgomery County. On Friday, young residents waited to get their first dose at the Dennis Avenue Health Center in Silver Spring. “I feel happy to get my vaccine,” 5-year-old Lillian Obletz of Silver Spring said. “Now I can play with more friends.” “We were really excited […]

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County Offers Free Back to School Immunizations

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Demanda por Vacunas COVID-19 en Descenso, Condado Cerrará Sitio de Vacunación Masiva

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Councilmember Glass Advocates for Transportation Accessibility to Future Vaccine Sites

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Montgomery County Councilmember Evan Glass sent a memorandum on Thursday regarding transit accessibility to future vaccination sites to the Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management & Homeland Security. In the memo, Glass wrote that he wants to ensure “vaccination sites operated by the county are easily accessible to those dependent on riding transit,” citing a […]

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Silver Spring Immunization Clinic to Open Monday

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COVID-19 may be dominating the current medical conversation, but county health officials want to remind parents about the importance of vaccinating their children. To aid this, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Immunization Clinic is set to reopen Monday, July 6. Located at the Dennis Avenue Health Center in Silver Spring, the clinic offers […]

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More than 800 Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students are not compliant with Maryland immunization requirements and may be excluded from school starting Monday, Sept. 23. Maryland school students must show proof of one Tdap (Tetanus-diphtheria-attenuated pertussis) and one meningococcal (MCV4) vaccination. Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Mary Anderson said 834 […]

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Five Things to Know for Sept. 17 in Montgomery County

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Deirdre Byrne

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Deirdre Byrne is a social media coordinator for Montgomery Community Media. She can be reached at dbyrne@mymcmedia.org or on twitter at @DeirdreByrneMCM.

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