Rockland offers smoking cessation program
Rockland will start a new session of its popular smoking cessation program this month. The free program sponsored by the Department of Health combines group support, behavioral techniques and...
View ArticleVolunteers needed for balance class
The Rockland Department of Health is looking for volunteers to teach Matter of Balance classes, a fall prevention program for senior citizens that teaches strategies to reduce the fear of falling and...
View ArticlePut it Out Rockland
The popular Put it Out Rockland quit Smoking program offered by the Rockland Department of Health will start again with sessions at Helen Hayes Hospital in West Haverstraw. The classes will start Jan....
View ArticleFree radon testing
The Healthy Neighborhood Program run by the Rockland Department of Health is providing free radon testing for low to moderate-income families and older residents. The test involves leaving a radon kit...
View ArticleFree colon cancer screening kits
Free, take-home colon cancer screening kits for men and women age 50 and over who do not have health insurance will be available from noon to 5 p.m., March 20 at the Walgreens drug store at 209 Route...
View ArticleNot too late for a free flu shot
The Rockland Department of Health is offering a free flu vaccine clinic for any resident over the age of 9 from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14. A second free clinic will be held from 1 p.m. to 4...
View ArticleRockland offers adult immunization and foreign travel clinic
Traveling somewhere exotic? The Adult Immunization and Foreign Travel clinic offered by the Rockland Department of Health will have special hours from 3- 7 p.m., April 29 and May 13 at the Dr. Robert...
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CDC: big increases in West Nile virus in 2012 – larvicide efforts start in...
Last year was a bumper year for West Nile virus, according to newly updated figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . A total of 5,647 cases of the mosquito-borne disease were...
View ArticleRockland schedules flu vaccine clinic
The Rockland Department of Health will hold its first flu vaccine clinic of the season from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., September 27 at the Robert L. Yeager Health Center, Building A Exhibition Hall, 50...
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Rockland nurses honored for excellence
Rockland’s nurses were honored for the work they do during the annual Nurse Recognition Day ceremony held Thursday at Helen Hayes Hospital in West Haverstraw. Keynote speaker at the event was nurse...
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