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Eastern Highlands Health District

October is Breat Cancer Awareness Month

The American Cancer Society estimates more than 41,000 women in the US will die this year from breast cancer and that more than 450 will be right here in Connecticut. With early detected a woman’s chance of surviving breast cancer increases. Breast cancer screening exams can help detect the disease at its earliest stages of […]

Flu Season Information and Upcoming Clinics

2017-2018 Flu Season It is that time of year again, the kids go back to school, the weather gets colder and the days shorter, and the trees change color.   It is also Flu Season. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a FAQ web-page to inform you of what’s new with the flu […]

Protect your Health Around Animals

With all the upcoming fairs and town events, it is important to protect your health around animals. This short Connecticut Department of Public Health video shows how: Check it out and pass it along! https://youtu.be/KBE-CRoXXes

FDA MODEL FOOD CODES ARE COMING

This past legislative session, the CT General Assembly passed a bill that will make the FDA Model Food Code Connecticut’s food code beginning July 1, 2018.  This new law will result in a variety of changes for the food establishments in CT and the local health departments that regulate them. The Food Protection Program at […]

Free Private Well Water Testing

4 South Eagleville Road s Mansfield CT 06268 s Tel: (860) 429-3325 s Fax: (860) 429-3321 Free Private Well Testing The Connecticut Department of Public Health (CT DPH), in conjunction with the Eastern Highlands Health District, is conducting Private Well Water Fairs at the Chaplin Public Library on Monday, August 28, 2017 from 2:00 PM […]

Some Private Wells in Connecticut Test High for Naturally Occurring Arsenic, Uranium

  News Release May 3, 2017 Joe Ayotte Maura Downes Jason Burton 603-226-7810 860-509-7270 678-924-6692 jayotte@usgs.gov   dph.communications@ct.gov jburton@usgs.gov   New Report Shows Some Private Wells in Connecticut Test High for Naturally Occurring Arsenic, Uranium   A report published today by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH), […]

State Mosquito Monitoring Program Begins Testing for Mosquito-borne Viral Diseases

        News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                Connecticut Department of Public Health June 8, 2017                                                  Contact: Maura Downes                                                                       (860) 509-7270                                                                         The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Contact: Philip Armstrong, ScD (203) 974-8510   State Mosquito Monitoring Program Begins Testing for Mosquito-borne Viral Diseases All mosquitoes collected in state will be tested […]

Commit to Quit Program Aims to Snuff Out Tobacco Use in Connecticut

CT Department of Public Health launches cessation support services for tobacco users   HARTFORD, CT – The harmful effects smoking on health and wellbeing are well known; however, despite the alarming statistics, the number of smokers world-wide still continues to increase. In an effort to help Connecticut residents quit their tobacco use, the Connecticut Department […]