DPH Announces Three More Flu-Related Deaths; 45-Year-Old Male Had No Known Underlying Health Conditions
Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, April 7, 2017
The Division of Public Health (DPH) is announcing three more flu-related fatalities for the 2016-2017 flu season. The three recent deaths push flu-related fatalities in Delaware to 14 – more than doubling the 2015-2016 death total of six. Of the 14 Delawareans who have died from the flu this season, 13 had other serious underlying health conditions. However, the most recent flu-related death involved a 45-year-old Kent County man who had no known significant underlying medical conditions beyond being ill with the flu. DPH was not able to verify his vaccination status.
Bridgeville Cat Positive for Rabies; Public Health Warns Residents of Main Street
Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Delaware’s Division of Public Health (DPH) is warning residents of Main Street (Business Route 13), Bridgeville with nearby intersecting roads of Fawn Road and Redden Road, who may have been exposed to a feral cat, that the DPH Lab found the animal to be rabid on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. The black, domestic shorthair has bitten or scratched at least one individual in this area, and has been euthanized.
Delaware’s Dutch heritage to be featured at Lewes’ Zwaanendael Museum in April 2017
Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Three special events explore Delaware’s long-standing connection to the Netherlands which stretches back in time to the state’s first European colony, Swanendael, established by the Dutch in 1631 in present-day Lewes.
Emergency Sirens To Be Tested
Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 4, 2017
(Smyrna) – The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) and Delaware State Police will conduct a quarterly test of the Salem/Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations Alert and notification system on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. The sirens will sound between 7:00 PM and 8:00 PM. The 37 sirens located within ten miles of the Salem/Hope Creek (New […]
DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announces shellfish aquaculture leasing lottery for Inland Bays
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, March 31, 2017
DOVER – The Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife will conduct a public lottery for the initial offering of acreage available for shellfish aquaculture leases in Delaware’s Inland Bays at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, at DNREC’s Lewes Facility, 901 Pilottown Road, Lewes, DE 19958.
