Press Releases - 2016

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• Connecticut Citizens Face Unhealthy Air Quality on Wednesday and Thursday

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

• 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 Issues Drought Advisory

• Statement from DPH Commissioner On Updated CDC Zika Travel Precautions

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

• Gov. Malloy Signs Legislation Updating Connecticut’s Community Water Fluoridation Law for New Federal Standards 

• DPH Laboratory Confirms First Positive Zika Test of a Pregnant CT Woman

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

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

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

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

• Commissioner Pino: Vigilant Monitoring of CT Public Water Systems a High Priority for DPH