Press Releases - 2008

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• DPH Recommends “Tools for Schools” for Healthy Environment for All Students

• State Health Department Holding Symposium on Human Trafficking

• Nurses: Making a Difference Every Day Department of Public Health to Recognize National Nurses Week with Seminar for Public Health Nurses on May 6th

• Health Department Issues Guidance For Cleaning Up Broken Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

• Governor Rell Proclaims Lyme Disease Prevention Month

• National Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week

• Governor Rell Declares Rabies Awareness Month

• Monitoring Available for Public Bathing Areas Across CT

• Health Department Holding Conference on Building Tobacco-Free Communities

• Department of Public Health Urges Residents to Consider Their Health When Choosing a New Year’s Resolution

• Health and Emergency Response Officials Stress Public Awareness of a “Silent Killer” During Winter Weather

• Health Department Holds Forum To Increase Awareness of Impending Shortage of Drinking Water Workers

• Thanksgiving Day is Family Health History Day

• Department of Public Health Recognizes World Tuberculosis (TB) Day

• Department of Public Health Launches Diabetes Awareness Campaign Targeting African Americans in Three Major Cities