Rockland County Department of Health

New Clinic in Spring Valley on Thursday Mornings NEW CITY, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce additional immunization (shots) clinic hours in Pomona and a new immunization clinic in Spring Valley.  Vaccines (shots) save lives and are a much safer way to build immunity than getting […]

NEW CITY, NY, – During Heart Health Month in February, Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert encourage residents to keep their hearts healthy by walking, the most popular and simplest form of exercise you can do. Walking is low-risk, easy to start, and doesn’t require any special skills or […]

NEW CITY, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce the launching of the new Rockland County Safe Streets website. Visit the new website at https://rocklandsafestreets.org/ for pedestrian and bicyclist safety information and other resources. The website was created with funding from the New York State Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee […]

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 […]

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 […]

December is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month NEW CITY, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce that December is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month.  This joyous month of the year, when we get together with friends and family to celebrate holidays, is also a deadly month due […]