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Montgomery County health officials urge all residents to get vaccinated against influenza and will hold clinics for adults and children in October and November, they said in a statement. Seasonal flu vaccinations are available through private health providers, as well as retail locations throughout the county. Visit the CVS, Giant, Harris Teeter, RiteAid, Safeway, Walgreens and Walmart websites for details. Flu season […]

Los funcionarios de salud del Condado de Montgomery instan a todos los residentes a vacunarse contra la influenza y realizarán clínicas para adultos y niños en octubre y noviembre, así lo informaron a través de un comunicado. Aquí la lista de los lugares y fechas disponibles para recibir la vacuna, se recomienda pedir una cita: […]

During this influenza season, there is almost no flu activity present in Maryland, Gov. Larry Hogan’s Communications Director Mike Ricci said Friday morning. In a tweet, Ricci displayed a chart comparing clinical laboratory test positivity rates for flu seasons from 2017 until now. Positivity rates during the 2020-2021 flu season have remained below 5% so […]

Según los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC), vacunarse contra la influenza es más importante que nunca durante esta época del año, para protegerse y proteger a las personas que lo rodean de la influenza y para ayudar a reducir la carga sobre los sistemas de atención médica que están respondiendo a […]

Montgomery County health officials urge residents to get a flu vaccination this year and announced the dates to four free clinics. County-sponsored seasonal flu vaccination clinics will include free clinics for residents over the age of 14 and two free clinics specifically for children between the ages of six months to 18-years-old. This year there […]

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Maryland Department of Health launched the statewide “Fight the Flu” campaign, urging residents to get the influenza vaccine. The multimedia campaign announced on Tuesday will utilize television and social media, according to the Maryland Department of Health (MDH). “Getting vaccinated for the flu every year is important, but this year […]

Dr. Fabian Sandoval, CEO and research director at the Emerson Clinical Research Institute in Washington, D.C., offers tips for how people can stay healthy during the coronavirus outbreak.  

Get a flu shot. It’s not too late. That’s the advice from Jose Luis Diaz, the communications and marketing director for CCI Health & Wellness Services in Rockville. “What’s amazing is that the county did have a very strong approach at the very beginning. We started vaccinating people very early in the season,” Diaz said. […]

The six hospitals in Montgomery County are limiting visitors because of increased flu activity, the county’s health department said in a Tuesday statement. Any visitor who exhibits flu-like symptoms — which includes fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose and muscle aches — will not be allowed to enter the hospital, the statement says. Children under […]

State health officials say the flu season in Maryland remains minimal but there’s been a slow uptick of “influenza-like illnesses,” or ILI, in patients seen in the state’s emergency rooms. “There’s nothing predicable about the flu season or the vaccine. It’s always a wait and see,” said Debra Aplan, administrator of the Montgomery County’s immunization […]