local health departments

CDC Funds State, Local HIV Prevention Efforts

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Thu, 01/05/2012 - 07:00

(MedPage Today) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced grants of $339 million to state and local health departments for HIV prevention activities in 2012.


 

DHMH Issues Consumer Alert Regarding Recall of Baugher's Apple C...

Food and Drug Administration--Recalls  Fri, 11/05/2010 - 10:59

The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) and local health departments are conducting an investigation of a cluster of seven E. coli O157 infections.

There have been no deaths, although three of the seven cases have been hospitalized. A potential association exists with the consumption of unpasteurized Baugher's apple cider.


 

Flu scare reveals strapped local health agencies

Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 05/26/2009 - 01:42

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The swine flu outbreak fell short of a full-blown international crisis, but revealed the precarious state of local health departments, the community bulwarks against disease and health emergencies in the United States....