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State health officials raise risk from EEE to high in three more communities 

9/15/2023 Department of Public Health

Residents should take precautions to prevent mosquito bites

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State health officials raise risk from EEE to high in six communities 

9/13/2023 Department of Public Health

Residents should take precautions to prevent mosquito bites

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State health officials announce third human case of West Nile virus in Massachusetts 

9/08/2023 Department of Public Health

Residents should take precautions to avoid mosquito bites

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State public health officials announce season’s first EEE-positive mosquito samples 

9/01/2023 Department of Public Health

Residents urged to use bug spray when outdoors

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State health officials announce first two human cases of West Nile virus in Massachusetts 

8/29/2023 Department of Public Health

Residents should take precautions to avoid mosquito bites

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Department of Public Health launches statewide survey to improve community health 

8/07/2023 Department of Public Health

Responses will be gathered through early fall 2023 and will inform future state initiatives

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New DPH report reveals rates of severe maternal morbidity in Massachusetts nearly doubled over a decade 

7/12/2023 Department of Public Health

State working to address significant racial inequities seen in unexpected complications of labor and delivery

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State public health officials announce season’s first West Nile virus-positive mosquito sample 

7/07/2023 Department of Public Health

Residents urged to use bug spray when outdoors

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Massachusetts opioid-related overdose deaths rose 2.5 percent in 2022  

6/22/2023 Department of Public Health

Black residents accounted for the largest increase in opioid overdose death rates

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Massachusetts Department of Public Health offers summer safety guidance 

6/12/2023 Department of Public Health

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Department of Public Health advises consumers to discard mung bean sprouts from Chang Farm 

5/09/2023 Department of Public Health

Company recalls product due to ongoing Listeria contamination

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Issues Guidance for Pharmacies to Ensure Continued Access to Reproductive Health Medications  

3/22/2023 Department of Public Health

Guidance reaffirms Massachusetts’ commitment to ensuring access to abortion across the Commonwealth

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Massachusetts public health officials award $100,000 to address environmental and climate justice 

2/02/2023 Department of Public Health

Funding supports ongoing efforts to address health equity in communities hardest hit by COVID-19