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Prevent Tick Bites
Tick exposure can occur year-round, but ticks are most active during warmer months (April-September). Before you go outdoors Ticks live in grassy, brushy, wooded areas and even on animals.…
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Screening saves lives!
Screening (testing for colorectal cancer) is the No. 1 way you can prevent colon cancer and rectal cancer. With screening, colorectal cancer is one of the most preventable cancers.…
1 yr ago
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Take Steps to Protect Foot Health
Most of us go through each day without ever thinking about our feet. It’s only when something goes wrong that we tend to realize just how important our feet really are.…
1 yr ago
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Improving Your Health by Improving Your Sleep
Improve Your Sleep Adults need 7 or more hours of good-quality sleep on a regular schedule each night. Getting enough sleep isn’t only about total hours of sleep.…
1 yr ago
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Guard Your Backyard
Clean soil or “clean fill” is often brought onto residential sites or vacant lots by trucking companies throughout New Jersey. Clean soil is fine, but sometimes clean fill,…
1 yr ago
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NO COST COVID-19 VACCINE/BOOSTER CLINIC OPPORTUNITIES
The Morris County Department of Law & Public Safety Division of Public Health is offering (3) No Cost COVID19 Vaccination and Booster Clinics. The Clinics will be held on: Thursday, March 23,…
1 yr ago
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Recent Reported Levels of Sadness Amongst Teen Girls
According to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 3 in 5 teenage girls reported feeling persistent sadness in 2021 (double the rate of boys) and 1 in 3 girls…
1 yr ago
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Social Media Use Effects on Teens
Social Media Use Effects on Teens Over the last decade, social media has remapped the central experience of adolescence, a period of rapid brain development.…
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FREE COVID-19 VACCINE BOOSTER CLINIC
COVID-19 VACCINE BOOSTER CLINIC Saturday March 4, 2023 8am-12pm 101 Madison Ave., Suite 202 Morristown, NJ MAKE AN APPOINTMENT OR WALK IN! How to Make an Appointment: Visit mychart.atlantichealth.…
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Limiting Heavy Metals in Baby Food
Limiting Heavy Metals in Baby Food The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed maximum limits for the amount of heavy metals in baby foods, such as dry cereals and mashed fruits and…
2 yrs ago
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Household Hazardous Waste Days 2023
DIRECTIONS: The Morris County Public Safety Training Academy 214A Center Grove Road Randolph, NJ 07869 From Northern NJ: Take I-80 to I-287 south to exit 36 (Ridgedale Avenue).…
2 yrs ago
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2023 National Wear Red Day
American Heart Month The first Friday in February is National Wear Red Day. On this day, which is considered American Heart Month, everyone across the country wears the color red in order to raise…
2 yrs ago
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Thyroid Awareness Month
January is Thyroid Awareness Month. The thyroid gland is a small butterfly-shaped gland that is located at the base of the neck. This gland influences the function of our most essential organs in…
2 yrs ago
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Radon Test Kits Available
Washington Township Health Department, Morris County, New Jersey, in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Radon Program,…
2 yrs ago
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National Radon Action Month
What is tasteless, colorless, odorless and the number one cause of lung cancer in non-smokers in the United States? Radon. January is National Radon Action Month,…
2 yrs ago
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FOUR TESTS WITH ONE SWAB- COVID PCR + FLU A & B + RSV
A new respiratory panel test is available that allows individuals to test all four main respiratory diseases that have been affecting our residents this year. No prescription required.…
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2 yrs ago
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Your Health Matters - December 2022
Please click the link below to find health tips and information from the Morris County Division of Public Health, in the December 2022 issue of "Your Health Matters". https://www.morriscountynj.…
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Free COVID Test Kits
Please see the link below for information regarding free COVID test kit availability. https://www.covid.gov/tests
2 yrs ago
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Free Rabies Clinic - January 14th 2023
Washington Township will be holding its FREE Rabies Clinic on: Saturday, January 14, 2023 from 9:00 am to 11:00am at the DPW Building located at 54 Rock Road,…
2 yrs ago
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Flu and COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Nov. 3
Washington Township Health Dept and Green Brook Family Medicine are co-sponsoring an Influenza and COVID Vaccine Clinic for ages 5 yrs and up. Washington Township Municipal Building 43 Schooley's…
2 yrs ago
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Flu and COVID Clinic - Oct.18th 3:30pm - 6pm
Washington Township Health Dept. and Green Brook Family Medicine are co-sponsoring an Influenza and COVID Vaccine Clinic for ages 5 yrs and up At: West Morris Central High School- Media Center 259…
2 yrs ago
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Flu and COVID Clinic - October 18th 3:30pm - 6pm
Washington Township Health Dept. and Green Brook Family Medicine are co-sponsoring an Influenza and COVID Vaccine Clinic for ages 5 yrs and up At: West Morris Central High School- Media Center 259…
2 yrs ago
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Influenza and COVID Boosters! September 20, 2022
Washington Township Health Dept and Green Brook Family Medicine are co-sponsoring an Influenza and COVID Vaccine Clinic for ages 5 yrs and up. Location:…
2 yrs ago
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Are You Protected Against Polio?
Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a very contagious disease caused by the poliovirus which lives in the throat and digestive tract and invades the nervous system.…
2 yrs ago
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Hope One at Schooley's Mountain County Park August 17
Morris County's Hope One mobile recovery access vehicle offers critical support for persons struggling with addiction, with the goals of preventing drug overdoses and deaths.…
2 yrs ago
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