Delaware Cancer Mortality Rate Continues to Decline; Public Health Releases Latest Cancer Report
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Monday, July 8, 2019
DOVER – Cancer screening and early detection efforts continue to drive down Delaware’s cancer death rates, say state public health officials. In particular, officials are seeing dramatic improvements in the all-site mortality rate among non-Hispanic African-American men, which decreased by 30 percent between the five-year periods of 2001-2005 and 2011-2015, according to the latest cancer […]
Keep Your Family, Pets Safe This Fourth of July
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 2, 2019
For many, this year’s Fourth of July activities will span the entire week and weekend, and include picnics, barbecues, beach days and other gatherings spent with friends and family (including our four-legged family members). The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is providing the following tips to keep everyone safe.
Wilmington Man Charged with Animal Cruelty After Dog Dies in Hot Car
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2019
Officers from the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) Office of Animal Welfare (OAW) arrested a Wilmington man following an incident involving the death of a dog left in a hot vehicle.
Larger Employers To Be Required To Remit Delaware Child Support Payments Electronically
Delaware Health and Social Services | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2019
NEW CASTLE (June 26, 2019) – Governor John Carney has signed into law House Bill 81, which mandates that employers with 50 or more employees remit child support payments to the Department of Health and Social Services’ Division of Child Support Services (DCSS) by electronic funds transfer (EFT) or electronic data interchange (EDI). The law […]
DPH Reminds Delawareans to Avoid Consuming Raw Dairy Products; Announces Positive Case of Brucellosis
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, June 13, 2019
The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is reminding Delawareans to avoid consuming raw dairy products as it announces a confirmed case of brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis in a 46-year-old Sussex County woman.
