NEW CITY, NY – – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert encourage residents six months and older to get a free measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine on Friday, April 5, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at the WIC office, located at 26 New Main Street in Haverstraw, NY 10927. […]
BY TOWN OF ORANGETOWN SUPERVISOR CHRIS DAY On Monday, we were out of the formula that our newborn Wyatt had just switched to. Amazon’s delivery was a day away and literally the only store in the area that had a supply of it was Target in the Spring Valley Shopping Center. Thankfully, I was able […]
To the Editor, With better secular education comes a better society. Measles and misinformation about immunization are perfect examples. County Executive Ed Day’s “Declaration of a Local State of Emergency” is sound action to protect the public against a serious, highly contagious disease, measles. Parents found disregarding this directive can face a misdemeanor penalty, for […]
By County Executive Ed Day This week we faced another new challenge as part of our ongoing measles outbreak. A group of parents from the Green Meadow Waldorf School in Chestnut Ridge filed a lawsuit and sought an injunction against the orders imposed by our Commissioner of Health to keep their unvaccinated students out of […]
Flu vaccines will also be available NEW CITY, NY – – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert encourage residents to get a free measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine on Wednesday, February 13, from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm at the Martin Luther King Multi-Purpose Center, located at 110 […]
COUNTY OF ROCKLAND PRESS RELEASE There is no change in the number of confirmed case numbers from yesterday. There are still 91 confirmed cases of measles within Rockland County. There are now only four suspected cases that the Rockland County Department of Health is continuing to investigate, down from eight yesterday. The Department of Health […]