Montgomery Community Media

Dallas nurse Nina Pham said she was “blessed and fortunate” as she addressed the media after being discharged Ebola-free from National Institutes of Health Friday afternoon. Pham was admitted to the Special Clinical Studies Unit of the NIH Clinical Center at the request of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on Oct. 16. She was the first nurse who […]

Montgomery County flu vaccination clinics are available for anyone six months of age and older. The county is encouraging all residents protect themselves against the seasonal flu. Learn the details in this report. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. Visit Montgomery County Seasonal Flu Vaccination Campaign webpage […]

The Montgomery County Council on Oct. 14 recognized October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, joining with representatives of the Montgomery County Women’s Cancer Control Program, Suburban Hospital and Holy Cross Hospital to remind women to get regularly checked. Since the program began in 1985, mammography rates have more than doubled for women age 50 […]

An outbreak of the enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) has spread across nearly every state in the nation causing severe respiratory illness in some children.  Dr. Erik Schobitz, medical director for the Pediatric Emergency Department of Shady Grove Adventist Hospital talked with MyMCMedia about the virus, the cases of paralysis in children in Colorado and what parents should […]

UPDATED Following further tests, monitoring and consultations with infectious disease experts, the Shady Grove Hospital medical team determined that the patient in its care has malaria and not Ebola. “We appreciate the excellent work of our clinical team including physicians, nurses and staff, in handling the care of this patient.  We also appreciate the partnership […]

The Centers for Disease Control is reporting that there has been at least one diagnosed case of enterovirus in Maryland, but so far no cases have been reported in Montgomery County. From mid-August to October 1, CDC or state public health laboratories have confirmed a total of 500 people from 42 states and the District […]

About 100 cyclists, most from Montgomery County, are gearing up for a 320-mile bike ride will help ease the uphill battle some wounded veterans face in their recovery. The riders will travel along the Great Allegheny Passage from Pittsburgh, Pa. to Smokey Glen Farm in Gaithersburg, starting the ride Oct. 2 and ending Oct. 5. […]

The first annual Ride to Conquer Cancer will take place on Sept. 13 and 14 in Montgomery County and beyond. Hundreds of cancer survivors and supporters are expected to cycle over 150 miles during this event which begins at 7 a.m. in Kensington on Sept. 13 at the Academy of the Holy Cross and ends […]

It’s the worse Ebola outbreak ever. In this MyMCMedia extra, Dr. Robert Garry of Tulane University tells MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke earlier this summer about a Montgomery County based company that is helping fight the Ebola outbreak and Lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF). You can find out more about Zalgen labs here. Related:

Parents of students entering seventh grade are reminded that new immunization requirements announced earlier this year require students to have one Tdap (Tetanus-diphtheria-attenuated pertussis) and one meningococcal (MCV4) vaccination. Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services staff will provide free Tdap and MCV4 vaccinations to incoming seventh-grade students at the Montgomery County Public Schools’ […]