Press Releases - 2016

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• State Mosquito Monitoring Program Begins Testing for Mosquito-borne Viral Diseases; Zika Virus added to Testing Program

• DPH Honors Several CT EMS Personnel during National EMS Week

• With Zika Expected to Infect 1 in 5 Puerto Ricans, DPH Urges CT Travelers to Affected Areas to Take Precautions

• No Legionnaires’ Disease Found In Second Individual at CVH

• DPH Urges Food Safety When Grilling Outdoors

• DPH Creates Webpage for Zika Testing Results

• Fourth Positive Zika Test Confirmed by DPH State Laboratory

• DPH Commissioner Declares Public Water Supply Emergency for City of Waterbury

• DPH Commissioner Declares Public Water Supply Emergency for City of Danbury

• Con el pronóstico que el Zika podría infectar 1 de cada 5 Puertorriqueños DPH le recomienda a todos los viajeros a países afectados tomar precauciones

• October 21 is National Mammography Day

• Connecticut Department of Public Health Recognizes National Groundwater Awareness Week: March 6-12

• State Mosquito Monitoring Program Concludes for the 2016 Season

• Governor Malloy Receives Strategic Plan on Battling the Opioid Epidemic

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