Montgomery Community Media

Members of the African Affairs Advisory Group and the Coalition Against Ebola hosted the Ebola: Get Informed, Get Involved town hall meeting on Nov. 25 in Silver Spring to educate attendees about the current Ebola outbreak situation. Aline Barros reports. “If you’re going to return to either Liberia or Sierra Leone, Guinea or now even Mali that […]

State health officials are currently monitoring 113 travelers who left West Africa in the past few months as part of an Ebola prevention effort, but none are from Montgomery County. According to a Montgomery County health official, the state has been monitoring all travelers from Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, and Mali. “These travelers are being called […]

Montgomery County health officials are presenting an educational workshop on the Ebola virus at the Germantown Library at 7 p.m. on  Nov. 20.

It used to be “the big C”  was the dirty secret a neighbor or relative had that wasn’t discussed. Today, it is autism. In this episode we are introduced to Brent Davis, the father of a profoundly disabled child and some of the challenges he faces in trying to care for his son.

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 […]

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley led a team of hospital and other health officials on Oct. 17 to update the public on the Maryland’s efforts to protect its communities against infectious diseases, including the Ebola virus. To date, there have been no cases of Ebola diagnosed in Maryland. “We are not taking this situation lightly,” said […]

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 […]

A new campaign to encourage black women to breastfeed was launched by the African American Health Program, part of Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services. The project is part of year-long effort to reach black women in the county, and educate the public about the benefits of breastfeeding. According to a county’s press […]

Montgomery County Council Vice President George Leventhal, who chairs the Council’s Health and Human Services Committee, at 7 p.m. tonight is slated to be presented with the 2014 Dr. Henry and Page Laughlin Montgomery County Medical Society Distinguished Public Official Award at a dinner at the Bethesda North Marriott. In a letter informing Council Vice […]

When Holy Cross Hospital opens its doors on October 1st in Germantown, it will be the county’s first new hospital in 35 years. Located off I-270 on Observation Drive, the 237,000 square foot facility will meet LEED gold standards and have the latest medical technology, including a state of the art emergency department. You can […]