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 Q – Which vaccines are available? At this time, two vaccines have been submitted for United States Food and Drug (FDA) Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). Vaccine availability in Maryland will depend on a number of factors including availability as well as vaccine storage capabilities. General information published about each vaccine includes: The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine: Contains…

December 22, 2020 To Our Valued MOH Patients: Many of you have seen in the news that the COVID-19 vaccine approvals were recently announced by the FDA. The arrival of vaccines is good news in the fight to defeat COVID-19, but now the challenge begins in the distribution and administration of the vaccine. Although the…

Columbia: Columbia Office will be closing today at 2:30pm.  The office will reopen Thursday, December 17th at 10:30am. Frederick & Mt Airy:  Frederick and Mt. Airy locations will be closing at 1pm today. Opening 11am Thursday, December 17th Rockville, Germantown & Bethesda:  will be closing at 2:30pm today. Opening at 10pm Thursday, December 17th Annapolis:…

Even people in perfect health often feel exhausted and overwhelmed during the holiday season; that feeling is often magnified when you’re battling cancer. You may not have the stamina to battle Black Friday crowds, deck the halls and entertain as lavishly as you have in years past, and that’s OK. If you’re a cancer patient…

Colorectal cancer actually refers to two parts of the body: the colon and the rectum. Treatment options are often very similar so they’re typically bundled together when explaining prevention, detection and treatment options for either colon cancer or rectal cancer. Thankfully because of new technologies and greater awareness of screening, the death rate from colorectal…

When you or a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, learning about what a clinical trial is and deciding what treatment to pursue can be daunting. When you’ve exhausted the available cancer treatment options, whether through radiation oncology, hematology-oncology or some other specialty, it can be scary to think that’s there isn’t a treatment option…