Health

  • HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFERS FREE DRIVE-THRU RABIES SHOTS FOR CATS, DOGS, AND FERRETS ON OCTOBER 3rd

    NEW CITY, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert today announced that free rabies shots (vaccinations) are available for cats, dogs, and ferrets belonging to Rockland residents on Sunday, October 3, 2021, from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm at the Robert Yeager Health Complex, 50 Sanatorium Road in Pomona (In […]

  • THIRD DOSE MODERNA AND PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINES

    Now available to people moderately to severely immunocompromised NEW CITY, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce that a third dose of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech (mRNA) vaccine is available to people with certain medical conditions that compromise their immune system. Recent data shows that persons who […]

  • BACK TO SCHOOL IMMUNIZATIONS

    Making sure that your child is up to date on vaccines, including COVID-19 NEW CITY, NY, –Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert remind parents that annual visits to their pediatrician are important for their children to receive time-sensitive screenings and immunizations. However, many children missed their annual checkups […]

  • COVID-19 DELTA VARIANT CONFIRMED IN ROCKLAND

    Get Vaccinated: Protect yourself and others from the highly contagious Delta variant NEW CITY, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert urge unvaccinated residents to get vaccinated for COVID-19 as soon as possible. COVID-19 continues to spread in the United States and constantly changes through mutation, with new […]

  • CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS PROGRAM

    A referral services for health and related areas for families of CYSHCN NEW CITY, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert remind Rockland County residents about the Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) Program, which aims to connect families to support networks that understand the […]

  • HEALTH DEPARTMENT CELEBRATES WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK

    New City, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce that Rockland County will celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, August 1-7, 2021. Join the Rockland community for the “Global Big Latch On!” virtual event on Saturday, August 7th, from 10:00 am to 11:15 am EST, hosted by Montefiore Nyack Hospital via Zoom Healthcare in […]