Press Releases - 2016

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• CDC RELEASES Annual Report on STDs in the U.S.: CT in Top 10 of States with Lowest Rates of STDs

• As Drought Conditions Continue, DPH Amends Public Water Supply Emergency Order for Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan & Stamford

• DPH Applauds CDC Recommendation for 2 Doses of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine to Protect Children from Certain Cancers

• CT DPH Recognizes National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, October 23-29

• Governor Malloy Receives Strategic Plan on Battling the Opioid Epidemic

• Governor Malloy Applauds Report Showing Connecticut Ranks First in the Nation in Childhood Vaccinations

• DPH and DMHAS Encourage CT Tobacco Users, Smokers to Join The Great American Smokeout® to Kick The Habit

• Voluntary Recall Notice Announced on Medical Device Commonly Used to Deliver Overdose Reversal Medicine

• October 21 is National Mammography Day

• Connecticut Department of Public Health joins CDC in celebrating annual Get Smart about Antibiotics Week, November 14-20, 2016

• Connecticut Department of Public Health Recognizes National Groundwater Awareness Week: March 6-12

• DPH’s Dr. Gary Ginsberg Receives Prestigious Public Communications Award from the Society of Toxicology

• DPH: State Health Lab Confirms First Case of Zika in CT

• State Public Health Laboratory Can Begin Zika Virus Testing

• DPH Update on E.coli Outbreak Linked to Oak Leaf Farm in Lebanon