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Montgomery’s health officer role will be split into two positions

WEBBut county officials have since decided to split the health officer into two broader positions. As drafted, the county’s chief public health officer will work on high …

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Dr. Kisha Davis confirmed by County Council as public health officer

WEBThe County Council voted 8-0 to approve Dr. Kisha Davis as the county’s public health officer. She told Bethesda Beat that she will begin work sometime in mid …

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Two new crisis response teams start in Montgomery County

WEBTwo new crisis and outreach response teams launched in Montgomery County on Monday morning to help residents facing mental health problems. Rolando …

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MoCo bill would establish emergency crisis intervention teams

WEBThe Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) would be run jointly between the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Montgomery County Police …

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MoCo Crisis Center facing shortage of mental health workers

WEBThe Montgomery County Crisis Center in Rockville is facing a shortage of mental health professionals as the county seeks to increase services to meet a spike in …

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Montogmery County celebrates new Avery Road Treatment Center

WEBCounty officials celebrated the opening of the Avery Road Treatment Center in Rockville, a drug treatment center on June 4, 2021. Credit: By Steve Bohnel. On the …

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Advocates say Montgomery County is a trans health care desert

WEBGlass, who joined the council in 2018, is the county’s first openly-LGBTQ+ councilmember. And Gov. Wes Moore (D) declared Maryland a sanctuary state for …

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University of Maryland, county officials sign $40M agreement

WEBIt will focus on health computing, using virtual and augmented reality, and connecting with local federal health institutions to “catalyze a clinical data science …

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Crisis mental health center opens in Silver Spring MoCo360

WEBOfficials say the need for increased mental health services in the region continues to be great following the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts told MoCo360 in July …

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The rise of concierge medicine in Montgomery County

WEBA 2018 survey of direct primary care practices by the American Academy of Family Physicians found that the majority of responding doctors charged individuals $50 …

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Maryland advocates want to focus on access, patients in 2024

WEBHealth care-focused organizations across the state are hopeful that the 2024 legislative session will be a year that reins in health costs and allows patients to have …

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Health center is first in state for federal coronavirus

WEBA Montgomery County health center was selected to be the first health center in the state to participate in the federal Health Center COVID-19 Vaccine …

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Construction to begin on new addition at NIH Clinical Center

WEBOn Tuesday, the National Institutes of Health celebrated the groundbreaking for a new addition and renovation to the NIH Clinical Center at its …

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Montgomery County Council takes aim at reducing suicide by …

WEBRepresentatives of several gun control and mental health advocacy groups voiced their support for the SAFE Act, A new piece of legislation that would require …

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Montgomery County Sees Wide Health Disparities by Race

WEBFor the last five years, Montgomery has maintained its status as the healthiest county in Maryland, according to annual rankings by the Robert Wood …

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Montgomery County to hire new Health and Human Services and …

WEBMontgomery County will fill two major leadership roles this month that have been vacant – director of the Department of Health and Human Services and director of …

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How health factors into choosing when to retire MoCo360

WEBOne 2015 study of 83,000 older adults over the course of 15 years, published in a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention journal, found that people who worked past age 65 …

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Rockville biotech company aims to cure HIV MoCo360

WEBA functional cure for HIV is the goal of Addimmune, a new spinoff company of Rockville-based biotech American Gene Technologies (AGT). “Think about how that’s …

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NIH electrician dies after falling into air shaft on Bethesda campus

WEBA National Institutes of Health (NIH) electrician died after he fell through an air shaft covering while doing repairs on the Bethesda Campus, according to NIH …

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