In the weeks following the winter holiday season, reported cases of COVID-19 in Frederick County and Maryland remain far lower than the dramatic spike recorded in January of 2022.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced plans to downgrade the legal status of COVID-19 to the equivalent of seasonal influenza in the spring, a move that would further relax mask wearing and other preventive measures as the country seeks to return to normalcy. Kishida said Friday he has instructed experts and government officials to discuss the details on lowering COVID-19's status. A change would also remove self-isolation rules and other anti-virus requirements and allow COVID-19 patients to seek treatment at any hospital instead of only specialized facilities.
In a recent Monday Night Football game, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field. An immediate response by the trainers, stadium medical staff and the superb intensive care team at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center saved Hamlin’s life.
With Christmas near and the Hanukkah season underway, Frederick County health care leaders are hopeful — but not sure — that there won’t be a repeat of last winter’s tsunami of COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths.
The Frederick County Health Department on Friday will start offering updated COVID-19 vaccination booster shots for children 6 months and older, the department announced in a news release Wednesday.
Frederick County Public Schools will have free COVID-19 test kits available for families to pick up before Thanksgiving break begins on Wednesday.
The Frederick County Board of Health provided an update on the efficacy of its services, described the current state of local coronavirus infections, and shared research on long COVID during its regular meeting on Wednesday night.
The Frederick County Health Department is now only offering updated booster shots and primary COVID-19 shots for young children at its vaccination clinics, the department said Wednesday.
Marylanders ages 5 and older are now eligible to receive the updated COVID-19 booster shot, the Maryland Department of Health announced on Thursday.
There is no coronavirus-specific leave policy in place for Frederick County Public Schools employees this year, prompting concern among some school board members and the head of the teachers union.
Even with children back in school and declining temperatures, coronavirus cases are down in Frederick County.
The Frederick County Health Department has administered about 728 doses of the updated COVID-19 booster shot since starting to offer it last week, spokeswoman Rissah Watkins said on Friday.
Updated COVID-19 booster shots are now available in Frederick County, the local health department announced in a press release on Wednesday.
In the weeks following the winter holiday season, reported cases of COVID-19 in Frederick County and Maryland remain far lower than the dramatic spike recorded in January of 2022.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced plans to downgrade the legal status of COVID-19 to the equivalent of seasonal influenza in the spring, a move that would further relax mask wearing and other preventive measures as the country seeks to return to normalcy. Kishida said Friday he has instructed experts and government officials to discuss the details on lowering COVID-19's status. A change would also remove self-isolation rules and other anti-virus requirements and allow COVID-19 patients to seek treatment at any hospital instead of only specialized facilities.
In a recent Monday Night Football game, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field. An immediate response by the trainers, stadium medical staff and the superb intensive care team at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center saved Hamlin’s life.
With Christmas near and the Hanukkah season underway, Frederick County health care leaders are hopeful — but not sure — that there won’t be a repeat of last winter’s tsunami of COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths.
The Frederick County Health Department on Friday will start offering updated COVID-19 vaccination booster shots for children 6 months and older, the department announced in a news release Wednesday.
Frederick County Public Schools will have free COVID-19 test kits available for families to pick up before Thanksgiving break begins on Wednesday.
The Frederick County Board of Health provided an update on the efficacy of its services, described the current state of local coronavirus infections, and shared research on long COVID during its regular meeting on Wednesday night.
The Frederick County Health Department is now only offering updated booster shots and primary COVID-19 shots for young children at its vaccination clinics, the department said Wednesday.
Marylanders ages 5 and older are now eligible to receive the updated COVID-19 booster shot, the Maryland Department of Health announced on Thursday.
There is no coronavirus-specific leave policy in place for Frederick County Public Schools employees this year, prompting concern among some school board members and the head of the teachers union.
Even with children back in school and declining temperatures, coronavirus cases are down in Frederick County.
The Frederick County Health Department has administered about 728 doses of the updated COVID-19 booster shot since starting to offer it last week, spokeswoman Rissah Watkins said on Friday.
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