Montgomery Community Media

When Ahmed Kilani set out in his Quince Orchard Park neighborhood on a quest for ticks, he didn’t think they would be hard to find. He was right. On a hot day June 24, Dr. Kilani and a team of scientists from his company Clongen Laboratories, Inc. of Gaithersburg found 45 ticks in a tick drag […]

The city of Gaithersburg hosted its 6th annual Active Aging Expo on May 5 at the Activity Center at Bohrer Park. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports that this popular event just gets bigger each year. Some of the title sponsors and vendors at this year’s event, included: AARP-Gaithersburg Chapter #5358, Adventist Health Care, Asbury Methodist Village, […]

Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville, and Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park, are among a select few hospitals in the country being recognized for providing the highest quality care to heart attack patients by the American College of Cardiology Foundation’s NCDR ACTION Registry Get With the Guidelines (GWTG). Shady Grove Adventist Hospital earned the […]

The Montgomery County Council on Oct. 15 declared October ‘Breast Cancer Awareness Month’ in the County. At the ceremonies in Rockville, Councilmember Nancy Floreen—who is a breast cancer survivor—and Councilmembers Craig Rice, Nancy Navarro and Hans Riemer—who have all been personally impacted by breast cancer in their families—were joined by members of the Montgomery County […]

The Bethesda – Chevy Chase Regional Center forum to discuss the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been rescheduled for September 12 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. It was originally scheduled for September 5. Residents interested in learning more about the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) are invited to attend […]

Montgomery Parks, part of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, is alerting park visitors of recent instances of canine influenza (dog flu) in Montgomery County first reported by ABC7/WJLA. A bulletin released by the state of Maryland confirms the report and indicates that canine influenza “…causes an acute respiratory infection and is highly contagious. […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene have confirmed that a patient who recently died of rabies in Maryland contracted the infection through organ transplantation done more than a year ago.  The patient was one of four people who had received an organ from the same […]

The Montgomery County Council recently approved a bill banning smoking on most County owned or leased property. In this video, the chief sponsor of the legislation, Councilmember Nancy Floreen, explains why she believes the bill empowers county residents to say “don’t subject me to your smoke.” Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view […]

Council member Nancy Floreen introduced a bill to ban smoking from all facilities owned or leased by Montgomery County. In this video clip you will learn there has been very little opposition to the proposal. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Montgomery County doctors are seeing more and more patients with flu-like symptoms as the number of influenza cases across the state (and around the country) are on the rise. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. For the latest flu information in Montgomery County, visit the county’s website here. For the latest flu information in Maryland, visit the […]