Tag: Middlesex County Office of Health Services
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East Brunswick Library to hold diabetes care workshops
Quality Insights Quality Innovation Network is partnering with Middlesex County Office of Health Services to provide free diabetes workshops as part of the “Everyone with Diabetes Counts” program. The free six-week workshops will take place from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Fridays, Sept. 15 to Oct. 27, excluding Sept. 22, at the East Brunswick Library,…
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East Brunswick Library to present health initiative programs
The “Just For The Health Of It!” consumer health initiative will offer three health programs this month on a variety of topics at the East Brunswick Library, Civic Center Drive. The library is partnering with Quality Insights Quality Innovation Network, Healthcare Quality Strategies, Inc. and the Middlesex County Office of Health Services to offer a…
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Skunk tests positive for rabies in South River
SOUTH RIVER – A skunk tested positive for rabies in South River. A skunk was found acting erratically in the yard of a resident of Hillside Avenue near Ford Street on July 23, according to information provided by the Middlesex County Office of Health Services. The skunk was euthanized by police, retrieved by animal control…
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Six-week series on chronic disease management begins July 11 at Old Bridge Library
The Old Bridge Library will offer a six-week session on chronic disease management from 1-3:30 p.m. Tuesdays, July 11-Aug. 15, at the library, 1 Old Bridge Plaza, which is located at the corner of Route 516 and Cottrell Road, Old Bridge. The program was created for those suffering from, or caring for someone, with…
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Free rabies clinic scheduled for April 29 in Spotswood
The Borough of Spotswood and the Middlesex County Office of Health Services will hold a free rabies clinic from 1-4 p.m. on April 29 at the Spotswood Municipal Building, 77 Summerhill Road. The Middlesex County Office of Health Services provides the rabies vaccine and record booklets but the municipalities must provide their own veterinarian and…
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‘Go Teal’ for sexual violence awareness
During April, members of the Middlesex County community and partners of the Middlesex County Sexual Violence Prevention Coalition will show their support for survivors of sexual violence and raise awareness about the importance of prevention by “going teal.” Statistics reveal that 1 in 4 females and 1 in 6 males will be sexually abused before…
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Raccoon found on back porch of Monroe residence tests positive for rabies
MONROE – The first rabid animal reported in Middlesex County for the year is also the first rabid animal reported in Monroe. A raccoon was found deceased on the back porch of a residence in the vicinity of Florence Drive near Holly Road on March 7, according to a statement provided by the Middlesex County Office of…
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Two people exposed to rabid raccoon in Old Bridge
OLD BRIDGE – A raccoon has tested positive for rabies in the vicinity of Juniper Court and Washington Avenue in Old Bridge. This is the 24th rabid animal reported within Middlesex County for 2016 and the third animal reported in Old Bridge, according to information provided by the Middlesex County Office of Communication from the…
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First rabid animal reported in South River for 2016
SOUTH RIVER — The Middlesex County Office of Health Services is reporting that a raccoon tested positive for rabies in South River. On Sept. 20, the animal control officer for South River responded to a call concerning a raccoon that was found to be acting strangely in the vicinity of Wilcox Avenue and Garwood Street, according to…