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Prepare Your Health: Personal Health Preparedness for People with Bleeding Disorders

by Public Heath Matters | Mar 4, 2019 | General

March is Bleeding Disorders Month. Learn more about bleeding disorders, their symptoms, treatments, and how to prepare for emergencies on the Division of Blood Disorders website. Personal health preparedness and planning are important for everyone, but essential for...

Digging Out: 5 Ways to Prepare Your Health to Shovel Snow

by Public Heath Matters | Feb 14, 2019 | General

Shoveling snow is strenuous exercise. Just the thought of moving hundreds of pounds of snow and slush is enough to make your legs prickle, to make your arms and shoulders burn, and to make your back tire. Shoveling snow is such strenuous exercise that, according to...

Health Departments Work Off the Field to Keep Fans Safe, Healthy on Game Day

by Public Heath Matters | Jan 29, 2019 | Public Health

It's almost game day. Over the course of this week, an estimated 1 million people will visit Atlanta for the Super Bowl LIII experience or to attend the game on Sunday, Feb. 3. A week from now, after the Vince Lombardi Trophy is awarded and the fans head home, things...

Service Beyond Oneself: MRC Volunteers Share Their ‘Why’

by Public Heath Matters | Jan 21, 2019 | Public Health

The Martin Luther King (MLK) Day of Service is an opportunity to help "strengthen communities, bridge barriers, [and] create solutions to social problems" through volunteering. While there are many ways to strengthen your community, one way is to help your community...

5 Practical Skills for the Holiday ‘Host(ess) with the Mostest’

by Public Heath Matters | Dec 17, 2018 | Carbon Monoxide, Flu, Food Safety, Handwashing, Prevention, Public Health, Salmonella

It's not easy playing the part of host or hostess with the "mostest" at the holidays. A lot of time, effort, and planning goes into making merry with family and friends. In all the excitement of getting the house and food ready for guests, honest mistakes, minor...

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Prepare Your Health: Personal Health Preparedness for People with Bleeding Disorders

Digging Out: 5 Ways to Prepare Your Health to Shovel Snow

Health Departments Work Off the Field to Keep Fans Safe, Healthy on Game Day

Service Beyond Oneself: MRC Volunteers Share Their ‘Why’

5 Practical Skills for the Holiday ‘Host(ess) with the Mostest’

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