| Tick-borne Disease Awareness Month highlights prevention measures Marylanders encouraged to practice these steps throughout tick season
Baltimore, MD (May 23, 2017) – Gov. Larry Hogan has proclaimed May Tick-borne Disease Awareness Month. Lyme disease is the most well-known tickborne disease, but ticks also transmit diseases such as babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and tularemia. Spring is the start of tick season, but Marylanders should continue to check for ticks after outdoor activities through the fall.
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| Pinnacle expands recall to include frozen pancakes, waffles, and french toast. Food brand’s products potentially contaminated with listeria bacteria.
BALTIMORE (May 16, 2017) – The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is warning consumers not to eat Aunt Jemima Brand, Hungry Man, and Save-A-Lot brands’ frozen pancakes, frozen waffles, frozen chicken-and-waffles and frozen french toast products because of concerns about listeria bacteria. Listeria can contaminate frozen food and survive over an extended period of time with long shelf lives of up to a few years.
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| Governor Hogan appoints Dr. Robert Moffit Chair of the Maryland Health Care Commission
Baltimore, MD (May 9, 2017) – Gov. Larry Hogan has appointed Robert Emmet Moffit, PhD., of Severna Park, Maryland, as chairman of the Maryland Health Care Commission. Dr. Moffit, who was appointed to the Commission in 2015, succeeds Dr. Craig Tanio, who concluded his service in April. He is serving his second term, having been initially appointed to a four-year term in 2003 by former Governor Robert Ehrlich.
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