Leonardtown, Maryland  – MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital is making it even easier to stay healthy this winter with a Drive-Thru Community Flu Vaccination Clinic to be held Saturday, Nov. 10, from 10 a.m. to noon. The clinic will be offered on the MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital campus under the breezeway in front of the Outpatient Pavilion behind the main hospital. A $10 donation is requested for each vaccination, and insurance/Medicare will not be accepted. The Afluria Quadrivalent vaccine will be available to individuals 18 and older and will be administered by our staff. The quadrivalent vaccine is designed to protect…

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Leonardtown, Maryland – A recent article by U.S. News & World Report highlights Maryland’s efforts to improve access to health care in underserved areas of the state including Lexington Park in St. Mary’s County. The article features programs initiated and sustained by MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital as well as other community partners such as the St. Mary’s County Health Department. Approximately $15 million was awarded to five zones in the state between 2013 and 2016 to help identify and fund initiatives to break down barriers to health care. Since the funding has ended, the hospital and community partners have worked to…

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Leonardtown, Maryland – The statistics are alarming. Between July 2016 and June 2017, there were 46 domestic violence related deaths in Maryland, according to the Maryland Network against Domestic Violence. One in four women and one in seven men report having been a victim of severe physical violence by an intimate partner, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). And 30 to 60 percent of perpetrators of partner abuse also abused the children in the household, according to the CDC. “There is no community that goes untouched by domestic violence,” said Stephen Michaels, MD, chief operating officer and chief…

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