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  Category: Delaware Health and Social Services


Adopt-A-Family Seeks Donors to Help Provide Gifts

Delaware Health and Social Services | Date Posted: Monday, November 23, 2015

By participating in the Holiday Adopt-A-Family program, Delawareans can help bring the holiday spirit to thousands of Delaware children, adults, people with disabilities and seniors in need.



Antibiotics Not Always The Best Medicine

Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Thursday, November 19, 2015

As cold and flu season begins, many people will visit their health care provider and hope to be prescribed antibiotics to ease their symptoms. However, antibiotics cure bacterial infections, not viruses like the cold and flu. In fact, up to 50 percent of all the antibiotics prescribed for people are not needed or are not optimally effective as prescribed. Misuse and overuse is the single most important factor leading to antibiotic resistance around the world.



Delaware Public Health Tips for a Healthy Thanksgiving

Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Stuffing, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie are some of our favorite things to eat for Thanksgiving meals. Our favorite foods however aren’t always the healthiest, especially when we overindulge. This Thanksgiving, the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) wants everyone to enjoy their holiday meal, but recommends some small changes that can make this a healthier start to your holiday season.



Delaware Confirms First Sussex County Influenza Case for 2015 – 2016

Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2015

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) reports the state’s first Sussex County laboratory-confirmed case of influenza for the 2015-2016 flu season. The case involves a 61-year-old Sussex County woman who is recovering at home after a visit to the emergency room. There are two main types of influenza (flu) virus – types A and B – that routinely spread in people and are responsible for seasonal flu outbreaks each year. Sussex County’s first case is strain B.



Delaware Health Officials Support ‘No Alcohol During Pregnancy’ Report

Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2015

How much alcohol is safe to drink when you’re expecting? None. Zero. Not a drop. That’s according to a report just published in the November issue of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) Pediatrics magazine. The report identifies prenatal alcohol exposure as the leading cause of preventable birth defects and neurodevelopmental disabilities.






  Category: Delaware Health and Social Services

Adopt-A-Family Seeks Donors to Help Provide Gifts

Delaware Health and Social Services | Date Posted: Monday, November 23, 2015

By participating in the Holiday Adopt-A-Family program, Delawareans can help bring the holiday spirit to thousands of Delaware children, adults, people with disabilities and seniors in need.



Antibiotics Not Always The Best Medicine

Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Thursday, November 19, 2015

As cold and flu season begins, many people will visit their health care provider and hope to be prescribed antibiotics to ease their symptoms. However, antibiotics cure bacterial infections, not viruses like the cold and flu. In fact, up to 50 percent of all the antibiotics prescribed for people are not needed or are not optimally effective as prescribed. Misuse and overuse is the single most important factor leading to antibiotic resistance around the world.



Delaware Public Health Tips for a Healthy Thanksgiving

Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Stuffing, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie are some of our favorite things to eat for Thanksgiving meals. Our favorite foods however aren’t always the healthiest, especially when we overindulge. This Thanksgiving, the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) wants everyone to enjoy their holiday meal, but recommends some small changes that can make this a healthier start to your holiday season.



Delaware Confirms First Sussex County Influenza Case for 2015 – 2016

Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2015

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) reports the state’s first Sussex County laboratory-confirmed case of influenza for the 2015-2016 flu season. The case involves a 61-year-old Sussex County woman who is recovering at home after a visit to the emergency room. There are two main types of influenza (flu) virus – types A and B – that routinely spread in people and are responsible for seasonal flu outbreaks each year. Sussex County’s first case is strain B.



Delaware Health Officials Support ‘No Alcohol During Pregnancy’ Report

Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2015

How much alcohol is safe to drink when you’re expecting? None. Zero. Not a drop. That’s according to a report just published in the November issue of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) Pediatrics magazine. The report identifies prenatal alcohol exposure as the leading cause of preventable birth defects and neurodevelopmental disabilities.