| Latest News | | Tuesday, August 31, 2010 | | State Finds First EEE-Positive Mosquitoes in North Stonington |
| | Hartford – The State Mosquito Management Program today announced that mosquitoes trapped in North Stonington on August 20 and 25, 2010 have tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE). These are the first EEE-positive mosquitoes identified in Connecticut by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) this year. In addition, mosquitoes trapped in New Haven have tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV). |
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| Tuesday, August 24, 2010 | | State Reports Mosquitoes Test Positive for West Nile Virus in Six Towns |
| | Hartford – The State Mosquito Management Program today announced that mosquitoes trapped in Darien, Greenwich, New Britain, Newtown, Stratford and Trumbull from August 12-18, 2010 have tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV). These are the first positive mosquitoes identified in these five towns by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) this year. |
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| Monday, August 23, 2010 | | Connecticut Department of Public Health Launches Environmental Health Tool |
| | In continuing efforts to protect the health of the people of Connecticut from environmental hazards, the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) announced today the launch of its Environmental Public Health Tracking Network. The Connecticut Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (CT EPHTN) is a first-of-its-kind environmental health tool and part of a national initiative led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to close the gap in what we know about the environment’s impact on health. |
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| Friday, August 20, 2010 | | State Reports New Haven Resident Tests Positive for West Nile Virus |
| | The State Mosquito Management Program today announced that a New Haven resident has tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV) infection and has been hospitalized. |
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| Tuesday, August 17, 2010 | | Thomaston Earns HEARTSafe Community Designation |
| | The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH), in collaboration with the American Heart Association, announces that Thomaston has been designated a HEARTSafe Community. |
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| Tuesday, August 17, 2010 | | North Branford Earns HEARTSafe Community Designation |
| | The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH), in collaboration with the American Heart Association, announces that North Branford has been designated a HEARTSafe Community. |
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| Tuesday, August 17, 2010 | | State Reports Mosquitoes Test Positive for West Nile Virus in Five New Towns |
| | The State Mosquito Management Program today announced that mosquitoes trapped in Fairfield, Manchester, Milford, Westport and Wethersfield from August 5-11, 2010 have tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV). These are the first positive mosquitoes identified in these five towns by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) this year. Earlier this season positive mosquitoes were trapped in Bethel, Bridgeport, Meriden, Norwalk, Orange, Stamford and West Haven bringing the total to 12 towns. So far this season, only one probable human WNV infection has been identified. |
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| Friday, August 13, 2010 | | Glastonbury Resident to Win Prestigious Nursing Leadership Award |
| | Glastonbury resident Lisa Davis, RN, BSN, MBA has been selected to receive the University of Connecticut School of Nursing Carolyn Ladd Widmer Outstanding Alumni Award for Leadership in Nursing. Ms. Davis recently graduated from the three-year Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program and is employed as Chief of the Public Health Initiatives Branch for the state Department of Public Health. |
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