The Allegany County Health Department Communicable Disease program serves to protect the public’s health by ensuring the proper identification and follow up of reportable diseases. Reportable cases are investigated to ensure proper treatment, identify potential sources of infection, provide education, identify possible contacts, and other measures to reduce the spread of disease.
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The Johns Hopkins Viral Hepatitis Center recently opened a new office in Cumberland, Maryland. The office is located on the first floor of the Allegany County Health Department. Hepatitis C services are provided by a team of Johns Hopkins hepatitis specialists with expertise in the field of hepatitis care from diagnosis to cure. We also provide free, confidential hepatitis C testing with same day results. The Hepatitis Clinic hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m..
For information call 301-759-5101.
Fast Facts About Hepatitis C:
Hepatitis C is spread primarily by blood.
Hepatitis C is spread primarily through contact with blood from an infected person. Risks for hepatitis C include recent or past injection or intranasal drug use, tattoos or body piercings in an unclean environment or using unsafe equipment, contact with blood or needles, children born to a mother with hepatitis C, people living with HIV, those with liver disease (abnormal liver enzymes) or have ever been incarcerated. Those who received clotting factor or blood transfusion (before 1992) or were ever on hemodialysis are also at risk for hepatitis C.
Hepatitis C can cause liver damage and liver failure.
Over time, chronic hepatitis C can cause serious health problems including liver damage, cirrhosis, liver cancer and even death. In fact, hepatitis C is a leading cause of liver cancer and the #1 cause of liver transplants.
Many people can get lifesaving care and treatment.
Knowing you have hepatitis C can help you make important decisions about your health. Successful treatments can eliminate the virus from the body and prevent liver damage, cirrhosis, and even liver cancer. Recent advances have made today’s treatment shorter and more effective with cure rates above 95%
The Allegany County Health department offers child, adolescent, and adult immunizations. This service is offered to protect children, adolescents, and adults from certain preventable illnesses.
When: Every Wednesday, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. No appointment is needed.
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Adults: There is a cost for the administration fee and the vaccine received.
Children through age 18:
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Children and Adolescents:
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Overseas Immunizations
The health department provides immunizations for those traveling overseas. To allow for best disease protection, these vaccinations should be received at least 2 weeks prior to travel.
For more information or to schedule an appointment for overseas immunizations, call (301) 759-5138.
Rabies Prevention:
Pre-exposure rabies vaccination is a way to protect a person from getting rabies before they come in contact with a rabid animal. A person whose work, interests, or hobbies that may bring them in regular close contact with animals capable of having rabies should consider vaccinations.
Eligibility: Veterinary workers, laboratory workers, animal handlers, rabies and animal control personnel, wildlife workers, trappers, and racoon hunters. People who will not have ready access to medical care, those backpacking to a remote area, persons on more than 30 days international travel, or families in a foreign country where rabies is a problem, should also consider pre-exposure vaccination.
When: Please call 301-759-5138 for an appointment
Cost: Current cost of the vaccine plus administrative fee. Insurance can be billed, if accepted. Two doses are recommended ; given at days 0 and 7
Pre-exposure rabies vaccination is provided at no cost to animal shelter staff who provide rabies control services:
Rabies Titers
Laboratory workers performing rabies diagnostic tests, veterinarians, rabies and animal control personnel, wildlife workers, trappers, and hunters in areas where animal rabies is present should have their blood tested for rabies antibodies every two years following the initial vaccination series.
When: Please call 301-759-5000 for an appointment.
Cost: Fees determined by MDH, Laboratory Guidelines for Maryland residents vs. out of state residents.
Allegany County Animal Shelter employees who have completed the vaccine series will receive the rabies titer at no charge.
Maryland Residents Employed by the State or Local Health Department: No charge.
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The Allegany County Health Department offers confidential counseling, diagnosis and treatment for sexually transmitted infections. Services are available to males and females.
When: Every Tuesday, 8:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. and 12:00p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Exposed to an STI? If you have been notified as being a contact (exposed) to an STI, you may walk in any time Monday through Friday, from 8am to 4 pm. There is no charge for treatment.
What to Bring: Bring your insurance information if you are 19 years or older or proof of income if uninsured.
Cost: Most insurances are accepted. Please call 301-759-5000 to ask about your insurance. If you are a Maryland resident or do not have insurance, you may be charged for services based on a sliding fee scale.
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus the attacks cells that help the body fight infection. There’s no cure, but it is treatable with medicine.
The Allegany County Health Department provides free confidential HIV counseling, testing, and treatment services.
CDC recommends that everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 get tested for HIV at least once as part of routine health care. For people with certain risk factors, CDC recommends getting tested at least once a year.
CDC’s Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health Care Settings advises routine HIV screening of adults, adolescents, and pregnant women in health care settings in the United States. The recommendations also call for reducing barriers to HIV testing.
Free, confidential rapid HIV testing. Results are available in about 15 minutes.
When: Walk in Monday – Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Cost: No cost.
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The Allegany County Health Department offers HIV specialty care in partnership with Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Case management helps clients with HIV or AIDS maintain healthy living. HIV treatment involves taking antiviral medication prescribed by the Hopkins health care provider to help reduce the amount of HIV virus in the body. There is no cure for HIV, but you can achieve an undetectable viral load, which prevents transmission to another person. Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U).
Eligibility: Please call 301-759-5085.
Cost: No cost.
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One pill a day can prevent HIV infection with up to 99% effectiveness, when taken as prescribed.
The Allegany County Health Department offers counseling and testing for PrEP services. High risk populations include:
Cost: Most insurances are accepted. Please call 301-759-5138 to ask about your insurance. Financial assistance may be available through our Navigator Program.
For more information or to set up an appointment, call 301-759-5138 or fill out this confidential PrEP Interest Form.
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Screening: The Allegany County Health Department provides TB testing (skin test) for certain individuals.
Eligibility: TB testing is provided for:
TB testing is not provided for reasons such as employment or school.
When: TB Testing-Wednesdays, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Must return on Friday, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. to have skin test read.
Cost: $19. Cost is out-of-pocket (insurance is not billed).
Treatment and Case Management: Services are provided for individuals with active TB disease or latent (sleeping) TB infection.
Eligibility: Referral from health care provider primary or self-referred
When: By appointment. Please call 301-759-5125
Cost: No cost for TB evaluation and treatment
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12501 Willowbrook Rd SE, Cumberland, MD 21502 / 301-759-5000
Toll Free Maryland Department of Health: 1-877-463-3464
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