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Sixteenth Annual Diabetes Wellness Expo Nov. 14

Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, November 6, 2017

More than 50 exhibitors and screeners will showcase health services, supplies and programs to Delawareans with diabetes at the 16th Annual Diabetes Wellness Expo, to be held Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Dover Downs Conference Center.




MEDIA ADVISORY: Health Care Spending Benchmark Event

Delaware Health and Social Services | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, November 3, 2017

WHAT:           During a town hall co-hosted by five state legislators, Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Dr. Kara Odom Walker will discuss the need for a health care spending benchmark in Delaware and what that will mean for Delawareans. In September, Gov. John Carney signed House Joint Resolution 7, which authorized DHSS to […]




Governor Carney, Congressional Delegation Oppose Trump Administration on Clean Air Ruling

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, November 3, 2017

WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, U.S. Senator Chris Coons, and U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester issued the following statements on the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to deny a petition by Delaware and seven other northeastern states to expand the Ozone Transport Region (OTR) to limit air pollution. The petition asked […]




DPH Confirms First Sussex County Influenza Case for 2017-2018

Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, November 3, 2017

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is reporting the state’s first laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza in Sussex County, for the 2017-2018 flu season. The Sussex County case involves a 65-year old female. This brings the total number of flu cases this season to seven.




Community Volunteers Needed to Sponsor Residents for the Holidays at Governor Bacon, Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill

Delaware Health and Social Services | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, November 3, 2017

NEW CASTLE (Nov. 3, 2017) – In keeping with the spirit of holiday giving, the Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill (DHCI) in Smyrna and the Governor Bacon Health Center (GBHC) in Delaware City are asking members of the community to sponsor a resident at either nursing home operated by the Department of Health and […]







  Category: Newsroom

Sixteenth Annual Diabetes Wellness Expo Nov. 14

Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, November 6, 2017

More than 50 exhibitors and screeners will showcase health services, supplies and programs to Delawareans with diabetes at the 16th Annual Diabetes Wellness Expo, to be held Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Dover Downs Conference Center.




MEDIA ADVISORY: Health Care Spending Benchmark Event

Delaware Health and Social Services | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, November 3, 2017

WHAT:           During a town hall co-hosted by five state legislators, Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Dr. Kara Odom Walker will discuss the need for a health care spending benchmark in Delaware and what that will mean for Delawareans. In September, Gov. John Carney signed House Joint Resolution 7, which authorized DHSS to […]




Governor Carney, Congressional Delegation Oppose Trump Administration on Clean Air Ruling

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, November 3, 2017

WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, U.S. Senator Chris Coons, and U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester issued the following statements on the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to deny a petition by Delaware and seven other northeastern states to expand the Ozone Transport Region (OTR) to limit air pollution. The petition asked […]




DPH Confirms First Sussex County Influenza Case for 2017-2018

Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, November 3, 2017

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is reporting the state’s first laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza in Sussex County, for the 2017-2018 flu season. The Sussex County case involves a 65-year old female. This brings the total number of flu cases this season to seven.




Community Volunteers Needed to Sponsor Residents for the Holidays at Governor Bacon, Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill

Delaware Health and Social Services | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, November 3, 2017

NEW CASTLE (Nov. 3, 2017) – In keeping with the spirit of holiday giving, the Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill (DHCI) in Smyrna and the Governor Bacon Health Center (GBHC) in Delaware City are asking members of the community to sponsor a resident at either nursing home operated by the Department of Health and […]