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  Category: Division of Public Health


DPH Announces Sustained Funding for Overdose-Reversing Medication Naloxone

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Monday, October 15, 2018

Increasing access to the overdose-reversing medication naloxone has been a key priority for the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) as state and local partners work together to develop solutions to address the opioid epidemic. In support of that, the Department’s Division of Public Health (DPH) is announcing sustained funding for naloxone for first responder agencies statewide.




DPH Confirms First Pediatric Flu Case for 2018-2019 Season

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Friday, October 12, 2018

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is reporting the state’s first laboratory-confirmed case of influenza in a child for the 2018-2019 flu season. The case involves a 5-year-old from Sussex County. This brings the total number of flu cases this season to six, as of Oct. 5, 2018.




DPH, United Way and Delaware Division of Libraries to Host Free Books, Balls and Blocks Event for Children

Delaware Health and Social Services | Delaware Libraries | Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2018

The Division of Public Health (DPH) invites parents with children from birth to 5 years old to participate in its first Books, Balls and Blocks event, which will take place from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., Saturday, October 13, at the Route 9 Library and Innovation Center in New Castle, Delaware.




Fox in Kent County Tests Positive for Rabies

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2018

Delaware’s Division of Public Health (DPH) is advising Kent County residents who live in the area of Still Road between Pony Track and Mahan Corner roads near Sandtown of a positive case of rabies in a fox that came into contact with a human recently. The fox attacked a chicken on the victim’s property and then bit the individual’s leg. The individual has begun treatment for rabies exposure.




Delaware Governor John Carney gets his flu shot and urges Delawareans to get theirs as well

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Delaware Governor John Carney, Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long, Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Dr. Kara Odom Walker and Department of Transportation (DelDOT) Secretary Jennifer Cohan were among hundreds who lined up to receive their annual flu vaccine Tuesday in Dover.







  Category: Division of Public Health

DPH Announces Sustained Funding for Overdose-Reversing Medication Naloxone

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Monday, October 15, 2018

Increasing access to the overdose-reversing medication naloxone has been a key priority for the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) as state and local partners work together to develop solutions to address the opioid epidemic. In support of that, the Department’s Division of Public Health (DPH) is announcing sustained funding for naloxone for first responder agencies statewide.




DPH Confirms First Pediatric Flu Case for 2018-2019 Season

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Friday, October 12, 2018

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is reporting the state’s first laboratory-confirmed case of influenza in a child for the 2018-2019 flu season. The case involves a 5-year-old from Sussex County. This brings the total number of flu cases this season to six, as of Oct. 5, 2018.




DPH, United Way and Delaware Division of Libraries to Host Free Books, Balls and Blocks Event for Children

Delaware Health and Social Services | Delaware Libraries | Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2018

The Division of Public Health (DPH) invites parents with children from birth to 5 years old to participate in its first Books, Balls and Blocks event, which will take place from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., Saturday, October 13, at the Route 9 Library and Innovation Center in New Castle, Delaware.




Fox in Kent County Tests Positive for Rabies

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2018

Delaware’s Division of Public Health (DPH) is advising Kent County residents who live in the area of Still Road between Pony Track and Mahan Corner roads near Sandtown of a positive case of rabies in a fox that came into contact with a human recently. The fox attacked a chicken on the victim’s property and then bit the individual’s leg. The individual has begun treatment for rabies exposure.




Delaware Governor John Carney gets his flu shot and urges Delawareans to get theirs as well

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Delaware Governor John Carney, Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long, Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Dr. Kara Odom Walker and Department of Transportation (DelDOT) Secretary Jennifer Cohan were among hundreds who lined up to receive their annual flu vaccine Tuesday in Dover.