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Eastern Highlands Health District

“BLAST” Away Your Risk For Lyme Disease!

“BLAST” Away Your Risk For Lyme Disease! With warm weather upon us and people spending more time outdoors, The Eastern Highlands Health District (EHHD) is reminding residents to take precautions to prevent being bitten by ticks and being potentially exposed to Lyme disease or other tick-borne illnesses. “Tick activity this spring is expected to be […]

“IF I CATCH IT, CAN I EAT IT?” – CTDPH Annual Fish Advisory

  News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                        Connecticut Department of Public Health April 18, 2017                                                                       Contact: Maura Downes: (860) 509-7270   CTDPH RELEASES ANNUAL FISH ADVISORY, “IF I CATCH IT, CAN I EAT IT?” WITH UPDATED GUIDANCE ON FISH CAUGHT ON THE HOUSATONIC RIVER   Hartford – The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) […]

With Major Winter Storm Forecast for Tomorrow, DPH Warns of Dangers of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                            Connecticut Department of Public Health March 13, 2017                                                          Contact: Maura Downes: (860) 509-7270   With Major Winter Storm Forecast for Tomorrow, DPH Warns of Dangers of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning If Power Goes Out, Keep Your Portable Generator OUTSIDE.   Hartford – With growing confidence that Connecticut will be impacted by […]

Outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes

The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) announced today it has been involved with an investigation concerning a multi-state outbreak of six confirmed cases of Listeria monocytogenes. Ouleout cheese from Vulto Creamery of Walton, New York, has been identified as the likely cause of the outbreak.DPH is aware that Whole Foods grocery in Connecticut had […]

Generation Found: A free screening of the film about addiciton and recovery

Please join us in raising awareness about the power of Peer and Family Recovery from addiction through the film GENERATION FOUND. You can watch the trailer here:  http://generationfoundfilm.com/ Greg Williams, national recovery leader, director of the award-winning film The Anonymous People, bring us Generation Found, a powerful story about one community coming together to ignite […]

DPH- Time to test for Radon

Time to test for Radon – Free test kits during January from the Department of Public Health. Please visit www.ct.gov/dph/radon