Week Beginning May 13, 2012

State Health Officials Urge Residents to Take Precautions Against Tick Bites and Lyme Disease this Spring

Week Beginning May 06, 2012

State Health Officials Move to Exclude Classroom and Fundraising Events from School Nutrition Regulations

Week Beginning April 22, 2012

Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Infectious Disease Reporting System Certified by Obama Administration

Week Beginning March 18, 2012

Massachusetts Youth Reject Packaging, Placement and Pricing of Tobacco Products on 'Kick Butts Day'

Regional Health Dialogues 2012 pdf format of 			Regional Health Dialogues 2012
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Week Beginning February 19, 2012

Blog: State Undertakes a New Initiative to Improve the Quality of Health Care

Week Beginning February 05, 2012

Healthcare Associated Infection in MA Acute Care Report

Measles Alert

Week Beginning January 08, 2012

Patrick-Murray Administration Announces Appointments to State’s Health Care Quality Advisory Committee

Week Beginning December 25, 2011

State Health Officials Announce First Human Case of Rabies Acquired in Massachusetts in 75 Years

Consumer Alert for Cheese and Milk Products Due to Listeria Monocytongenes Contamination

Week Beginning December 18, 2011

ChopChop Newsletter to Encourage Healthy Cooking

Week Beginning November 27, 2011

Patrick-Murray Administration Releases Comprehensive Survey on Quality of Care for HIV-Positive Residents in Massachusetts

Week Beginning October 30, 2011

Public Health Advisory: State Health Officials Warn Residents of Carbon Monoxide and Electrical Hazards Following Winter Storm

Blog: Flu Season is Here – Get Vaccinated Today

Week Beginning October 23, 2011

Patrick-Murray Administration Announces $3 Million in Federal Grants to 43 Cities and Towns to Promote Public Health

Week Beginning October 16, 2011

Blog: "Beyond Parity" to Examine Policy Impact on Individuals with Mental Illness and Addiction Disorders

Blog: October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Week Beginning October 09, 2011

Patrick-Murray Administration Secures $1.7 Million in Federal Funds to Combat Childhood Obesity in Massachusetts

Week Beginning October 02, 2011

State Health Officials Announce New Confirmed Human Cases of EEE and WNV in Massachusetts

Week Beginning September 25, 2011

State Health Officials Announce New Public Information Campaign on Health Impacts of Salt in Processed Foods

Massachusetts’ Smoke-Free Workplace Law Sees Few Violations, Measurable Health Benefit

Third human case of West Nile Virus

DPH Awards Contracts for Four "Recovery High Schools"

Second human case of West Nile Virus

Week Beginning September 18, 2011

Suspected human case of EEE

Health Alert: Preventive Medicine Associates clinics closing doc format of 			Preventive Medicine Associates clinics closing

Opening of oral health clinic at Mass. Hospital School celebrated

Week Beginning September 04, 2011

First human and horse cases of WNV in Mass.

Blog: A healthy lunch

Week Beginning August 28, 2011

First human case of EEE in Mass. in 2011

Risk of infection with WNV and EEE virus is increased in southeastern Mass.

Advisory regarding discharge of sewage into the Deerfield River

Week Beginning August 21, 2011

Update: EEE in mammal-biting mosquitoes

Week Beginning August 14, 2011

Safety Tips for Storms and Flooding

Week Beginning August 07, 2011

More EEE in mosquitoes, increased need for precautions

Week Beginning July 24, 2011

First EEE positive mosquito sample in Mass.

DPH finds risk of West Nile virus in mosquitoes increasing in Boston area

Week Beginning July 17, 2011

Reminder on summertime safety tips issued

Week Beginning July 03, 2011

West Nile virus positive mosquitoes found

Week Beginning June 19, 2011

Summertime is prime mosquito season

Week Beginning May 29, 2011

Storm assistance centers for communities impacted by tornadoes announced

Week Beginning May 22, 2011

Eating fish safely in Mass.

Week Beginning May 01, 2011

Blog post from DPH: Recognizing new mothers this Mother's Day

Week Beginning April 17, 2011

Latest Radiation Monitoring Results

Week Beginning April 10, 2011

Guide to Language Needs Assessments

Week Beginning April 03, 2011

Madeleine Biondolillo, MD joins DPH

Week Beginning March 27, 2011

Very low level of radioiodine (I-131) reported in air samples

No detections of radioiodine (I-131) In surface water samples

Radioiodine (I-131) in rainwater sample

Radiation Monitoring in Massachusetts

Week Beginning March 20, 2011

Sec. Bigby's blog: Celebrating the passage of the Affordable Care Act

Federal study of arsenic and uranium in private well water

Week Beginning March 13, 2011

CDC fact sheet on potassium iodide (KI)

Possible presence of depleted uranium at Springfield Armory

Report promoting quality, patient-centered care at end of life issued

Week Beginning February 27, 2011

$4.3 Million in grants for local teen parenting programs announced

Encouraging new data on cardiac treatment outcomes at hospitals released

Week Beginning February 20, 2011

Sec. Bigby's blog: Recognition for reducing hospital readmissions

Week Beginning February 13, 2011

Sec. Bigby's blog: A Mass. milestone: health care payment reform legislation

New birth certificate and centralized birth registration system introduced

Week Beginning January 23, 2011

Sec. Bigby's blog: The problem with health care in Massachusetts

Flu activity on the rise

"New RFR Public Health District Incentive Program"

Week Beginning January 09, 2011

Statement on federal proposal to change fluoride levels in water doc format of 			Statement on federal proposal to change...

Week Beginning December 19, 2010

Program to resume fishing of Atlantic surf clams in Georges Bank announced

Week Beginning December 12, 2010

Limited ban on plastic products containing BPA approved

Report shows life expectancy at all-time high, decrease in opiod overdose deaths

Week Beginning December 05, 2010

Hospitalizations drop for MassHealth members who use quit-smoking benefit

Week Beginning November 14, 2010

Campaign to help southcoast residents quit smoking announced

Week Beginning October 17, 2010

DPH Commissioner John Auerbach elected ASTHO president

Week Beginning October 03, 2010

Materials related to the Caritas transfers of ownership

Nominations now accepted: 2010 Betsy Lehman Patient Safety Awards

Week Beginning September 26, 2010

Ounce of Prevention 2010 Conference