DPH Community Assessments Underway to Inform Future COVID-19 Response Efforts and Improve Health
Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 25, 2022
The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) will conduct a series of community health assessments to better understand the concerns and needs of Delaware communities during the COVID-19 pandemic and to improve the overall health in Delaware in the future.
Secretary Magarik Announces Leadership Changes at Department of Health and Social Services
Delaware Health and Social Services | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 25, 2022
NEW CASTLE (Jan. 25, 2022) – Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Molly Magarik today announced three leadership changes for the agency involving one division and one of the Department’s Deputy Secretary positions. The changes: Daniel Walker, who has served in leadership roles with the Wilmington City Council and a Wilmington-based nonprofit education […]
Delaware Will Issue Monthly Emergency Benefits on Jan. 26
Delaware Health and Social Services | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, January 24, 2022
NEW CASTLE (Jan. 24, 2022) – The Delaware Division of Social Services will issue emergency benefits for January to eligible households as part of the state’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 public health crisis. Benefits will be issued as part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and two cash assistance programs – Temporary Assistance […]
Weekly COVID-19 Update – Jan. 21, 2022: DPH Reports Promising COVID-19 Data Trends
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Friday, January 21, 2022
DOVER, DE (Jan. 21, 2022) – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is providing an update on the most recent statistics related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Delaware, as of Thursday, Jan 20, 2022. DPH reports a welcomed decrease in new positive cases and hospitalizations over the last week, however, both cases and hospitalizations […]
Delaware Public Health Laboratory Breaks Ground on Expansion to Meet Testing, Surveillance Demands
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 19, 2022
SMYRNA, DE (Jan. 19, 2022) – The Delaware Public Health Laboratory (DPHL) will nearly double in size to increase the capacity for routine and outbreak testing to accommodate advanced technical laboratory staff and the infectious disease epidemiology program. State leaders today held a groundbreaking for the expansion on the property of the Delaware Department of Health and […]
