Press Releases - 2016

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• Connecticut Department of Public Health Recognizes National Protect Your Groundwater Day: September 6th

• DPH Announces First Connecticut Case of Domestically Acquired Zika

• Statement from DPH Commissioner on Report of 1st Zika-Related Microcephaly Case in U.S.

• DPH’s Office of Health Care Access Issues Final Decision in ECHN, Prospect Medical Holdings Application

• State Confirms Case of Legionnaires’ Disease at CT Valley Hospital in Middletown, 2nd Possible Case Awaiting Test Results

• First 2016 Human Case of West Nile Virus Identified For CT

• No Legionnaires’ Disease Found In Second Individual at CVH

• STATEMENT FROM DPH COMMISSIONER ON UPDATED CDC ZIKA TRAVEL PRECAUTIONS

• 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

• State Public Health Laboratory Can Begin Zika Virus Testing

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

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

• DPH Investigates E. Coli Outbreak Related to Lebanon Goat Farm

• DPH Announces $15,000 Challenge Awards to 7 Local Health Departments/Districts for their Medical Reserve Corps Programs Announces Capitol Region MRC Coordinator Wins National MRC Mentor Award