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Happy New Year! 2014 was a great year for the MyMCMedia Facebook page thanks to your support and interest in our daily posts. Our top Facebook posts in 2014 included issues about health, schools and local businesses. Our top five posts, ranked by their total reach on Facebook, are listed, below: 1. Montgomery Parks officials […]

The number of whooping cough cases in Montgomery County has reached 41 as of Oct. 2, according to the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services. According to Mary Anderson, public information officer for the health department, 32 children and nine adults have been reported to the health department as having pertussis or whooping […]

UPDATED, Sept. 5, 11:45 a.m. – There is another new case of whooping cough in Montgomery County and this one is at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, bringing the total number of cases in the county to 15. Montgomery County Health and Human Services Spokesperson Mary Anderson told MyMcMedia Friday that a student at […]

Officials with the Montgomery County’s Department of Health and Human Services are still tracking the outbreak of whooping cough in Montgomery County, but as of Sept. 4 no additional confirmed cases have been reported. The department’s Cindy Edwards, senior nurse administrator for communicable disease and epidemiology, talks about pertussis and the status of the outbreak […]

UPDATED, Sept. 2, 11 a.m.- Parents at four schools in Montgomery County have been notified that their children may have been exposed to a contagious respiratory illness known as Whooping Cough. According to Montgomery County Public Schools spokesman Dana Tofig, those schools include: Julius West Middle School in Rockville, Cabin John Middle School in Potomac, […]