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This week's flu level: Decreasing Flu

 
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The Eyes Have It: Glaucoma Screening

 
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Fluoride Varnish Program

Innovative Oral Health Program Shows Results - Pediatricians Effectively Providing Fluoride Varnish to Young Children in Primary Care

May 15, 2008. The Baltimore City Health Department has released a progress report on an innovative pilot program in which pediatric clinicians apply fluoride varnish to prevent cavities in young children. The project is a partnership between the Health Department and The University of Maryland School of Dentistry and is coordinated by Baltimore HealthCare Access. [Press Release] [Baltimore City Fluoride Varnish Pilot Program Progress Report] [Fluoride Varnish Program]

 

Testing Reveals Items of Children’s Jewelry with Excess Lead
May 14, 2008. The Baltimore City Health Department has issued violation notices to two businesses prohibiting the sale of children’s jewelry products that were identified with a lead levels in metal components above 600 parts per million. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has been alerted. [Press Release] [Lead in Children's Jewelry Webpage]

 

Health Department Proposes Clean Crab, Informed Crab Awards for City Restaurants
May 14, 2008. The Baltimore City Health Department is proposing the creation of a food recognition program. Under the program, restaurants would be able to earn a Clean Crab Award for a solid record of sanitation and hygiene. Restaurants could earn an Informed Crab Award for providing consumers with important nutritional information.

The Health Department is accepting comments on the Food Recognition Proposals through July 1, 2008. Please provide comments to: bchd@baltimorecity.gov or to Olivia Farrow, assistant commissioner for Environmental Health, 210 Guilford Avenue, 2nd Floor, Baltimore MD 21202.

[Press Release] [Food Facility Recognition Awards Proposal] [Health Code, Regulations and Licensure Webpage]

 
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The Baltimore City Health Department is the oldest, continuously operating health department in the United States. It was formed in 1797, when the governor appointed the city's first health officers in response to a yellow fever outbreak in the Fells Point neighborhood along the northwest branch of the Patapsco River. Since that time, BCHD has worked to improve the health and well-being of Baltimore residents in partnership with agencies, health care providers, community organizations, the media, and our funders. [Services A to Z]
 
 
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Baltimore City Health Department
210 Guilford Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 396-4398