Press Releases - 2008

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• Health and Emergency Response Officials Stress Public Awareness of a “Silent Killer” During Winter Weather

• Department of Public Health Urges Residents to Consider Their Health When Choosing a New Year’s Resolution

• Thanksgiving Day is Family Health History Day

• Department of Public Health Encourages Smokers to Quit for a Day – Quit for Life During the Great American Smokeout

• Department of Public Health Launches Diabetes Awareness Campaign Targeting African Americans in Three Major Cities

• Frequently Asked Questions About Same-Sex Marriages

• Mosquito Trapping Ends for the Season

• State Leaders and Families Focus on Preventing Childhood Obesity

• DPH Celebrates the Connecticut Tumor Registry as part of National Cancer Registrars Week - April 7-11, 2008

• Department of Public Health Recognizes Public Health Laboratory Professionals

• Connecticut Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee sets next meeting for April 15, 2008

• DPH to Hold Seminar with Experts on Biorepositories for Genomics Research

• State of Connecticut prepares to allocate $9.84 million in stem cell research funds

• New Federal Ozone Standard Will Result In Increased Number Of “Unhealthy” Air Days

• New Director To Head Connecticut Public Health Laboratory