DPH Reports Successful DEA Prescription Drug Take-Back Day For Delaware
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 9, 2023
The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) recently held its 24th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day event. Organized nationally by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is operated locally by DPH. The twice-a-year event (April and October) aims to reduce the risk of prescription medications being diverted for misuse and has resulted in 114,470 pounds of medication being collected in Delaware since 2010. […]
Potassium Iodide Distribution on April 20 in Middletown
Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Division of Public Health | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2023
The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) and Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) will distribute potassium iodide (KI) tablets to Delaware residents living within a 10-mile radius (also known as the Emergency Planning Zone or EPZ) of the Salem/Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations.
Delaware Animal Services Seeks Tips Regarding Dog Found Dead in Canary Creek
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
LEWES, Del. (March 29, 2023) – The Delaware Division of Public Health Office of Animal Welfare’s Delaware Animal Services (DAS) is seeking the public’s help with providing any information that may lead to an arrest in an act of animal cruelty. On the afternoon of Friday, March 24, DAS was contacted by Lewes Police who […]
DPH Encourages Public to get Updated Boosters and Learn about Treatment Options
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Friday, March 17, 2023
DOVER, Del. (March 17, 2023) - The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) saw a decrease in case rates and hospitalizations from COVID-19 over the past month and urges residents to remain vigilant and use the tools proven successful in the fight against the virus to continue these trends. While rates are down from the […]
DPH Announces Medical Provider Recruitment Push
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Health Care Commission | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 14, 2023
DOVER, DE (March 14, 2023) The Division of Public Health (DPH) is continuing its recruitment push to attract more medical professionals to live and work in Delaware. As part of that recruitment effort, DPH, in conjunction with the Middletown-based Epic Marketing Consultants Corporation, developed a recruitment video touting the benefits of being a health care professional in Delaware. The […]
