Press Releases - 2013

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• CONNECTICUT EARNS NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS RECOGNITION

• Connecticut Selected for National Initiative to Address Prescription Drug Abuse

• State Officials Investigating New Jersey-based “Med Prep” Compounding Pharmacy

• Update: West Nile Virus-Positive Mosquitoes Identified in 22 Towns This Season

• Connecticut Helps Tobacco Users Quit for a Healthier New Year

• Department of Public Health Nurses to Receive Annual Nightingale Award

• DPH Receives Federal Grant to Address Chronic Disease

• DPH to Hold Community Health Forums

• Connecticut One of 21 States to Receive Federal Grant to Strengthen Oral Disease Prevention Program

• DPH, Regional EMS Councils Honor Outstanding EMS Providers

• DEEP Press Release: DEEP Reopening Most Areas of Pachaug State Forest Previously Closed due to Presence of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Area

• Department of Public Health Produces Preparedness Video for Residents Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

• DPH: Take Steps to Prevent Tick Bites

• DPH Study Finds Dental Care Lacking Among Long-Term Care Residents and Vulnerable Older Adults

• DPH: Window Screens Keep Bugs Out But Won’t Keep Kids In