Caring For Your Mental Health
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. A man named Clifford Beers, who founded Mental Health America, established the month in 1949. The goal was to raise awareness, reduce stigma,… Read More
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November is National Diabetes Awareness Month
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. Events are taking place around the country and in Montgomery County to bring attention to diabetes, to give people guidance on prevention and treatment,… Read More
Scientist Discusses What We Know (and Still Don’t Know) About Covid-19
It has been about a month since the Biden administration lifted the public health emergency for Covid-19. The virus, though, is expected to be a nuisance and a threat for… Read More
County Leaders Celebrate New Treatment Center: ‘This Facility Is Going To Save Lives’
Montgomery County leaders joined a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday to celebrate the new Avery Road Treatment Center in Rockville. Under construction since fall 2018, the center offers 64 residential beds for… Read More
Officers Kill Coyote After Three People Attacked in Rockville
Three people went to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after being bitten by a coyote in Rockville, said the Rockville City Police Department (RCPD). All three attacks happened Thursday.… Read More
Novavax Reaches Agreement With Canada to Supply COVID-19 Vaccine
Gaithersburg biotechnology company Novavax announced Monday that it has reached an agreement in principle to give Canada up to 76 million doses of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine. In a statement the… Read More
Hogan Announces Funding for Research into Coronavirus Treatment
The state of Maryland, Bloomberg Philanthropies and Johns Hopkins University are working together to fund research for a possible COVID-19 treatment, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday. According to a statement… Read More