Connecticut State Department of Public Health

Press Releases - 2017

15 of 25 Results

• DPH Sponsors Perinatal/Infant Oral Health Inter-Professional Summit

• DPH Releases Annual Fish Advisory, "If I Catch It, Can I Eat It?" With Updated Guidance on Fish Caught on the Housatonic River

• DPH Releases 2016 Supplemental Health Care Facilities and Services Plan, Launches Hospital Quality & Utilization Web Tool for Consumers

• Celebrate a Healthy New Year with a Radon Test

• CT Department of Public Health Encourages People to “Go Red For Women” On February 3rd

• DPH Monitorea a Bebés de Madres con Pruebas Positivas de Zika

• DPH Monitoring Several Babies Born to Mothers Who Tested Positive for Zika

• Food Stores and Pharmacies May Apply to Become Authorized WIC Vendors

• Time to Test for Radon

• Connecticut Water Planning Council Seeks Public Comment on Draft of State Water Plan

• State Mosquito Monitoring Program Begins Testing for Mosquito-borne Viral Diseases

  The State of Connecticut Mosquito Management Program (MMP) announced that the seasonal mosquito trapping and testing program coordinated by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) began on June 5th. The program monitors the types, numbers and locations of mosquitoes and tests them for the presence of viruses that can cause illness including West Nile virus (WNV) and eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE) and Zika virus. First test results will be available the week of June 12.

• DPH Recognizes National Groundwater Awareness Week: March 5-11

• Connecticut Department of Public Health Achieves National Public Health Accreditation

• Connecticut Receives A- From Environmental Defense Fund for Lead Pipe Disclosure Policies for Homebuyers

• DPH Encourages CT Residents to Eat Healthy and Move More during National Nutrition Month