Rabid Cat Confirmed In Dover Mobile Home Park
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Thursday, October 1, 2015
A cat living at Kings Cliff Mobile Home Park in Dover has tested positive for rabies.
State Will Close Emily P. Bissell Hospital Permanently
Delaware Health and Social Services | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Rita Landgraf has decided to close Emily P. Bissell Hospital near Wilmington permanently, citing a declining census across all of DHSS’ long-term care facilities and the desire of the majority of Emily Bissell residents to remain where they are living now.
First Reports of Community Members Using Naloxone
Delaware Health and Social Services | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 9, 2015
The Department of Health and Social Services has received the first reports of people in Delaware overdosing on opiates and being revived by community members who administered the overdose-reversing medication naloxone themselves.
Division of Public Health Coordinates Prescription Drug Take-Back Day for September 12
Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 8, 2015
National studies show that the majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, and that includes the home medicine cabinet. That’s why the Division of Public Health’s Healthy Homes Program is coordinating the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday September 12, 2015 between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Protect Your Groundwater to Protect Your Health
Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, September 4, 2015
Nearly every person in Delaware drinks some form of groundwater on a daily basis, so we all have a reason to preserve its quality. That’s why the Delaware Office of Drinking Water (ODW) within the Division of Public Health (DPH) is recognizing national Protect Your Groundwater Day on September 8, 2015.
