Prediabetes: Fear of Finding Out
Don’t Let FOFO (Fear of Finding Out) Keep You From Better Health! “There’s a phrase that I use when I talk about why people don’t want to find out if they have prediabetes,” says [...]
Caring For Your Mental Health During a Pandemic
How do I stay healthy, when stress and anxiety are overwhelming? I’m tired of the pandemic, how do I take a mental break? How can I stay informed, but take care of myself? This [...]
LGBTQ+ youth are not alone
LGBTQ+ youth often face discrimination at school or in their communities. During their critical adolescent years, they feel isolated and misunderstood, lacking the resources they need to maintain their mental health. With pandemic-related social [...]
Tips for managing money this holiday season
Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be behind us, but the holiday spending season is in full swing. If you’re on a budget managing money this holiday season, hello overwhelm. There's the stocking stuffers, [...]
Free local Thanksgiving meals across Gallatin County
Looking for a warm and affordable Thanksgiving meal? Several restaurants and organizations offer free local Thanksgiving meals across Gallatin County on Thanksgiving. The Food Bank Holiday Meal Box: The Gallatin Valley Food Bank is offering [...]
HIV/AIDS: A Story of Resiliency
In June 1981, the CDC published the first case report describing what is now known as an AIDS related illness. It described five gay men with a type of pneumonia only seen when someone’s [...]
Glen Lake Rotary Park Water Sample Results
Did you know public beaches in Gallatin County are regularly monitored for potential health risks? The Recreational Waters Bacterial Monitoring Program collects water samples from public beaches and looks at their bacterial loads during [...]
Help Eliminate the Stigma Attached to Mental Health Services
Mental health is not something that affects some people; it affects all people. We all have a brain and emotions, which means we all have varying mental health needs and those needs change as [...]
Meet Gallatin City-County Health Department’s Public Health Nurse, Daniela Lopez-Morales de Hauck
In celebration of Women’s History Month, meet some of the amazing women working hard to ensure the health and welfare of our community. How long have you been in this field? I have worked at [...]
Fresh, Clean Winter Air
Just as wildfires pollute the air in summer, wood stoves have a huge effect on air quality and health during the winter months. Wood smoke contains a complex mixture of gases and microscopic particles which [...]