Health

  • Rockland’s Warming Center Offers a Safe Comfortable Space for Those in Need

    Rockland County’s Warming Center is operated by Catholic Charities Community Services of Rockland, in partnership with the Rockland County Department of Social Services and is open now through April. The Center has space for up to 75 homeless single adults at the Dr. Robert L. Yeager Health Center in Pomona.  The Center remains open each […]

  • Warming Center Open For Guests

    New City, NY, – An arctic front is moving through the region Thursday evening that will usher in a brief shot of dangerous cold air Friday into Saturday. Wind gusts up to 45 mph are expected, leading to wind chills well below zero Friday afternoon into Saturday afternoon. This brief arctic blast can cause hypothermia if proper precautions […]

  • Parkinsons Wellness Project to Host Two Educational Events

    ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. (January 26, 2023) – Parkinsons Wellness Project (PWP), a Pomona-based nonprofit organization that promotes better awareness, education, and social interaction for people with Parkinson’s Disease (PD), announced today that it will host two upcoming wellness events:   PD ESSENTIALS Wellness Resources for Newly Diagnosed Sunday, February 5, 2023 from 9:30 am to 3 pm […]

  • Worksites in Rockland County Recognized for Being Lactation Friendly

    NEW CITY, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert are proud to announce that Dominican University New York, Finkelstein Memorial Library, and the Rockland Farm Alliance, have become the latest businesses/organizations in Rockland to be recognized as Lactation Friendly Worksites. Recognized worksites implement several steps to achieve Lactation […]

  • +14,000 Polio Vaccines Administered

    New City, NY, – As of Monday, January 9, 2023, 14,071 polio vaccines have been administered in Rockland since a confirmed case of Polio was detected in a local resident. Of those doses, 77% were administered to children ages 0 to 4, signaling that work by Rockland County Department of Health (RCDOH), New York State Health […]

  • Health Department offers Be Healthy in ’23 series at local libraries

    NEW CITY, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce the Be Healthy in ‘23 public health information and education series starting January! The Finkelstein Memorial Library will host the Rockland County Department of Health on Wednesday evenings from 5:30 – 6:30 pm. Health department employees will be in the […]