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| Thursday, October 02, 2008 |
| State Health Officials Warn of High Mosquito Activity After Recent Period of Heavy Rains |
| | The State Mosquito Management Program today advised Connecticut residents that mosquito activity is high and to continue to guard against mosquito bites to prevent West Nile virus infection. |
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| Thursday, September 25, 2008 |
| New Milford Earns HEARTSafe Community Designation |
| | At a reception and press conference at Town Hall on the New Milford Green, the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH), in collaboration with the American Heart Association, announced that New Milford has been designated a HEARTSafe Community. |
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| Monday, September 22, 2008 |
| Health Department Celebrates “Clean Hands Week” |
| | The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) celebrates “Clean Hands Week,” September 21-27, 2008, reminding people of the importance of hand washing at home and in the health care setting. |
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| Thursday, September 18, 2008 |
| Department of Public Health Holds Statewide Meeting on Monitoring Health Disparities |
| | The Connecticut Health Disparities Project, a cooperative agreement between the Connecticut Health Foundation and the Department of Public Health (DPH), will hold “Monitoring Health Disparities: Creating Data Collection Policies that Work.” This statewide meeting will highlight discussions about race and ethnicity as these concepts pertain to state data collection policies and federal standards, and will provide a forum to share the recently released DPH data collection policy. |
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| Wednesday, September 17, 2008 |
| September is ‘Sickle Cell Awareness’ Month: Department of Public Health Seeks to Raise Awareness about this Disease |
| | The Connecticut Department of Public Health has launched a statewide education campaign to raise awareness of Sickle Cell Disease, a debilitating and often painful disease that strikes one of every 500 African-American children. According to state health officials, nearly 12,000 people in Connecticut carry the trait. |
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