Celebrating Halloween During a Pandemic
Is my child safe to trick-or-treat during the COVID-19 pandemic? How do I keep my family safe and enjoy Halloween? Can I attend my neighbor’s annual Halloween party? As we enter yet another month [...]
Safety is Infectious!!
As much as we love to pride ourselves on our individuality, we are also humans who admire and follow the example of others. Who admires someone else the most? Our kids! Our kids idolize us [...]
Meet Gallatin City-County Health Department’s, Health Program Specialist, Elizabeth Aghbashian
As a Health Program Specialist, I coordinate the Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program for low-income, un-insured and under-insured individuals. I also, coordinate a staff of Spanish-speaking community health workers. In Spanish, they are called [...]
Chronic Diseases and Wildfire Season
Health Effects of Wildland Fire Smoke: Recommendations and Precautions Smoke from wildfires can be potentially hazardous to certain populations. Healthy Gallatin has a few recommendations to help those living with a chronic disease stay [...]
The Scoop on Dog Poop
Fall—especially before the snow starts piling up—is a great time to clean the back yard, which for many Gallatin Valley residents means scooping the dog poop. After all, there’s nothing worse than having that lingering [...]
Spring Cleaning? Get the Fomites!
By Environmental Health Fomites: Here, There, and Everywhere Have you ever thought how germs spread around your home and within your community? The answer is through fomites. Fomites lurk among us as everyday objects. [...]
Free Local Help for Enrolling in Health Insurance Marketplace
Last day to buy health insurance this year is March 31 As the March 31st deadline to sign up for health insurance nears, help is available for families and individuals in Gallatin County who want [...]
Do you Have Health Insurance? Open Enrollment is Closing Soon!
Do you have a health insurance plan in place for 2014? Health insurance is now required under the government’s new Affordable Care Act. Open enrollment through the government’s Health Insurance Marketplace closes on March 31, [...]
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month!
By the Gallatin City-County Health Department's Cancer Screening Program Are You Up to Date? Each year, 500 Montanans are diagnosed with colorectal cancer. As we step into spring, a time of renewal, it’s important [...]
News Flash: STD Had Awesome Time on Spring Break
By The Gallatin City-County Health Department’s Communicable Disease Program PANAMA CITY, FL—Following a week long vacation in Florida, local sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea announced it had an awesome time during this year’s spring break. “Oh [...]