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Do ALL 7th grade students need to meet the pertussis immunization requirement?

Yes. All students going into 7th grade must have proof of having had the Tdap booster shot unless they have a documented exemption.

This requirement includes current students, new…

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Added by Karen Smith on July 5, 2012 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Eating outdoors - food safety

Available in (PDF - 586KB)

También disponible en Español (Spanish) (PDF - 640 KB).

Picnic and barbecue season offers lots of…

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Added by Karen Smith on July 2, 2012 at 2:48pm — No Comments

Pets and the Fourth of July

cat_and_dog Keep the 4th happy and safe for your family and your pets

During the 4th of July festivities, more animals are lost than at any other time of the year!  Loud noises from fireworks frighten animals due to their heightened senses of hearing, and many will do anything to escape the noise. Even normally shy dogs can leap over fences if spooked by loud…

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Added by Karen Smith on July 2, 2012 at 2:46pm — No Comments

Monterey County Citizen Corps - Monthly Meeting June 15th at 10 am

June Citizen Corps meeting

Friday, June 15th  from 10 am to noon.…

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Added by Karen Smith on June 14, 2012 at 11:24am — No Comments

Do you have a couple of minutes?

The Health Department needs your opinion!

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We are conducting a survey on a potential brand for our organization.

We really value your input.

The survey will take no more than 2 minutes to complete.

Take the…

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Added by Karen Smith on May 25, 2012 at 4:26pm — No Comments

Building Healthy Communities

Added by Karen Smith on May 25, 2012 at 4:20pm — No Comments

Monterey County Health Education Consortium

Added by Karen Smith on May 25, 2012 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Regular Monthly Meeting and Regional CERT Quarterly Meeting Friday, May 11th

The meetings will be at Monterey County Department of Social and Employment Services, 1000 S. Main Street Suite 110 (conference room).   

Regional CERT at 0900 and Citizen Corps Council at 1000.

Added by Karen Smith on May 8, 2012 at 11:44am — No Comments

Animal Rabies Cases in Monterey County

Monterey County Health Officials would like to remind residents to be cautious of wildlife

and to vaccinate their dogs and cats against rabies.

 

Residents of Monterey County are reminded about the continuous public health threat presented by rabid animals in our community.  A dog from the North Monterey County area tested positive for rabies this week.  At this time, it is unknown how the…

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Added by Karen Smith on April 3, 2012 at 10:24am — No Comments

Monthly Meeting - Friday, March 9, 2012

10:00 am to Noon

Community Room

Carmel Highlands Fire Station

73 Fern Canyon Rd

Carmel…

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Added by Karen Smith on March 8, 2012 at 5:28pm — No Comments

Latinos During Emergencies: Cultural Considerations Impacting Disaster Preparedness

Register now for the New York•New Jersey Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center (NY•NJ PERLC)
Free live webcast - March 22, 2012

8 am - 9am Pacific Time…
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Added by Karen Smith on March 6, 2012 at 2:24pm — No Comments

Set your Clocks, Check Your Stocks March 11th we turn the clocks forward and say “Hello” to Daylight Saving Time. The Monterey County Health Department would like to remind everyone when setting clo…

Set your Clocks, Check Your Stocks

March 11th we turn the clocks forward and say “Hello” to Daylight Saving Time.clock

The Monterey County Health Department would like to remind…

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Added by Karen Smith on March 5, 2012 at 10:44am — No Comments

YouthSERVE information

www.youthserve.us

 

Added by Karen Smith on February 16, 2012 at 3:26pm — No Comments

HealthyCity.org Training

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Join us on Wednesday, March 14th for a HealthyCity.org presentation and 'test drive'!

Healthy City gives you access to the largest community resource and data hub in the state, and has powerful data mapping tools that enable you to:

  • Connect clients to the services…
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Added by Karen Smith on February 15, 2012 at 12:18pm — No Comments

Nominations are reopened

If you did not nominate any officers for the Citizen Corps Council of Monterey County then now is your second chance.  Due to lack of nominations there will be one more round of nominations.

 

Think you want to serve?  Don’t be shy. …

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Added by Karen Smith on February 13, 2012 at 2:39pm — No Comments

Tsunami Awareness & Preparedness Workshop

 

March is Tsunami Awareness & Preparedness Month as well as the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan’s Tohoku coast and surrounding areas.

In order to help our community thoroughly understand our local threat and planning efforts, the Mutual Assistance for School Safety working group – in an event sponsored by the Monterey County Office of Emergency Services & the Monterey County Office of Education -- is presenting a public safety…

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Added by Karen Smith on February 10, 2012 at 4:39pm — No Comments

New Brochure

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Spread the word far and wide!

Added by Karen Smith on February 10, 2012 at 4:38pm — No Comments

Webinar: Planning for the Whole Community: Addressing Access and Functional Needs Before, During and After Disasters

Planning for the Whole Community: Addressing Access and Functional Needs   Before, During and After Disasters

Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Time:  2:00 - 3:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Join by Phone:                                                                                                                               

Dial: 888-790-6180

Passcode:
1281914

Join by Webinar:…

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Added by Karen Smith on February 6, 2012 at 2:23pm — No Comments

Upcoming CERT Training

 Basic Training course

The CERT program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization and basic medical procedures.  It is a Free 20 Hour Course and includes all materials. 

  • Friday, February 17, 2012   1:00 – 5:00 pm
  • Saturday, February 18th   8:00…
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Added by Karen Smith on January 27, 2012 at 1:10pm — No Comments

Nationwide Recall of Certain Over-The-Counter Products

 The recall is due to the potential presence of foreign tablets or chipped or broken tablets or gelcaps
 

Novartis Consumer Health has recalled all lots of select bottle packaging configurations of Excedrin® and NoDoz® products with expire dates of December 20, 2014 or earlier as well as Bufferin® and Gas-X Prevention® products with expire dates of December 20, 2013 or earlier, in…

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Added by Karen Smith on January 11, 2012 at 10:36am — No Comments

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