This week Anne Arundel County Health Officer Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman discusses: • COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Transcript: Welcome to our weekly health update. We’ve gotten a lot of questions about the COVID vaccines and how they’re being distributed. The Maryland Department of Health distributes vaccines to hospitals, pharmacies, local health departments, and a few other small […]

Last updated: January 14, 2021 Happy New Year and welcome to our first health update of 2021. With the vaccines here let’s talk about how we’re prioritizing them. Following CDC and Maryland Department of Health guidance, the following groups are in our highest priority category, Phase 1a. • Health Care Workers • Public Health • […]

Last updated: January 14, 2021 This week Anne Arundel County Health Officer Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman discusses: • COVID-19 status update • Vaccine Rollout Transcript: Welcome to our weekly health update this holiday week. Safe and effective COVID vaccines have arrived in our county. At Anne Arundel Medical Center and Baltimore Washington Medical Center, hospital staff […]

Last updated: November 20, 2020 This week Anne Arundel County Health Officer Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman discusses: • COVID-19 Rising Fast Transcript: Welcome to our weekly health update. Today we’ll focus on our worsening COVID status. Our fall surge is getting bad fast. COVID is like a runaway car. The sooner you hit the brakes, the […]

Last updated: November 12, 2020 This week Anne Arundel County Health Officer Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman discusses: COVID-19 Status Update What We Need to do to Control COVID Transcript: Welcome to our weekly health update. Today we’ll provide a COVID status update and talk about what we need to do to control COVID. We are now […]

Last updated: November 5, 2020 This week Anne Arundel County Health Officer Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman discusses: COVID-19 Status Update The COVID Care Coordination Program Halloween Safety Tips Transcript: Welcome to our weekly health update. Today we’ll provide a COVID status update, share resources to support families, and give tips on having a safer Halloween. Over […]

Last updated: October 29, 2020 This week Anne Arundel County Health Officer Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman discusses: COVID-19 status update Restaurant safety tips Transcript: Welcome to our weekly health update. Today we’ll provide a COVID status update and share some tips on being safer when going to a restaurant. Over the past week our case rate […]

Last updated: October 22, 2020 This week Anne Arundel County Health Officer Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman discusses: • COVID-19 status update • Contact tracing and youth sports • What to do if you have symptoms of COVID-19 Transcript: Welcome to our weekly health update. Today we’ll provide a COVID status update, talk about our contact tracing […]

Last updated: October 30, 2020 This week Anne Arundel County Health Officer Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman discusses: COVID-19 Update Schools Coping Tips Transcript: Welcome to our weekly health update. Today we’ll provide a COVID-19 status update, talk about schools and share some tips on coping with COVID. Over the past week our case rate has been slowly going up and […]

Last updated: October 8, 2020 This week Anne Arundel County Health Officer Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman discusses: • COVID Cases Update • Cold and Flu Season • Halloween Safety Transcript: Welcome to our weekly health update. Today we’ll provide a COVID status update, talk about cold and flu season and share safe Halloween tips. Over the […]

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Last updated: September 29, 2020 May 30, 2020 This week we watched George Floyd be murdered in Minneapolis. We watched Christian Cooper’s life get threatened while bird watching in Central Park. We watched on live TV as CNN reporter Omar Jimenez was arrested while covering the protest in Minneapolis. All three of them are black […]