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Press Releases 2012

December

• START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT
  HEALTHY EATING DURING NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATIONS
  December 31, 2012
• 31 DAYS TO A HEALTHIER YOU: A DELAWARE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN
  December 28, 2012: Small Steps Can Lead to Big Rewards for Your Health
• AS PART OF THE GOVERNORS WEEK OF SERVICE, DHSS, VOLUNTEERDELAWARE.ORG AND BLOOD BANK TO COLLABORATE ON MLK DAY HERO BLOOD DRIVE
  December 27, 2012
• DPH ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF TWO WIC SITES
  December 27, 2012
• DELAWARE BECOMES FIRST STATE TO RECEIVE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL ON STATE PARTNERSHIP HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE DELAWARE ONE OF THREE STATES GETTING APPROVAL ON HEALTH EXCHANGES
  December 20, 2012
• DELAWARE SENIOR MEDICARE PATROL REPORTS PHONE, MAIL SCAMS
  December 20, 2012: Delaware Senior Medicare Patrol Reports Phone and Mail Scams Related
• VICTIM IN WILMINGTON FIRE IDENTIFIED AS 38-YEAR-OLD MAN
  December 18, 2012
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  December 17, 2012
• VICTIM IN MOGNOLIA FIRE IDENTIFIED AS 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL
  December 13, 2012
• MARKELLS URGE DELAWAREANS TO JOIN GOVERNOR’S WEEK OF SERVICE JAN. 11-21
  December 11, 2012
• SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL TO PARTNER WITH STAND BY ME TO OFFER FINANCIAL COACHING TO COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND PUBLIC
  December 11, 2012
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  December 6, 2012
• DELAWARE STATEWIDE HEALTH ASSESSMENT: COMMENTS INVITED
  December 4, 2012

November

• GROWING NEED FOR ADOPT-A-FAMILY DONORS; CAN YOU HELP MAKE THE HOLIDAYS SPECIAL FOR DELAWARE’S CHILDREN AND SENIORS?
  November 30, 2012
• DELAWARE AND THE WORLD OBSERVE WORLD AIDS DAY DEC. 1 800 DELAWAREANS HAVE HIV AND DON’T KNOW IT
  November 29, 2012
• 10 YEARS AFTER THE CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT:INDOOR PUBLIC PLACES PROTECTED FROM TOXIC SECONDHAND SMOKE
  November 27, 2012
• MEDIA ADVISORY: CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT ANNIVERSARY
  November 21, 2012
• POINSETTIAS AVAILABLE FOR ORDER AT DHSS GREENHOUSE ON HOLLOWAY CAMPUS
  November 20, 2012
• PRE-DIABETES SHOULD PROMPT CHANGES IN EXERCISE AND EATING HABITS
  November 20, 2012
• COALITION TO CONDUCT FIRST HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN DELAWARE
  November 20, 2012: Collaborative effort will help decision makers and the public better understand the complete impacts of choices and actions
• FOOD SAFETY PREVENTS ILLNESS DURING THE HOLIDAYS
  November 19, 2012
• DELAWARE PUBLIC HEALTH: MOLD PROBLEM AFTER SANDY
  November 16, 2012
• DELAWARE HOSPITAL FOR THE CHRONICALLY ILL SEEKS HOLIDAY DONATIONS FOR RESIDENTS
  November 14, 2012
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  November 9, 2012
• PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING DHSS REGULATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH DEC. 1
  November 8, 2012
• DELAWARE PUBLIC HEALTH CALL CENTER: STORM RECOVERY SUPPORT LINE OPENS TUESDAY 12:00 P.M. (NOON)
  November 7, 2012
• DELAWARE PUBLIC HEALTH CALL CENTER: STORM RECOVERY SUPPORT LINE OPENS WEDNESDAY AT 9:00 A.M.
  November 7, 2012
• ADOPT-A-FAMILY SEEKS DONORS TO HELP PROVIDE GIFTS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON FOR DELAWARES CHILDREN AND SENIORS IN NEED
  November 7, 2012
• DELAWARE AMERICORPS FROM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SERVE IN AMERICAN RED CROSS SHELTERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE
  November 1, 2012

October

• PREVENT INJURIES AND ILLNESSES DURING SANDY CLEAN UP
  October 30, 2012
• FREE DRINKING WATER SAFETY TEST KITS AVAILABLE FROM DELAWARE PUBLIC HEALTH
  October 30, 2012
• DPH OPENS TWO MEDICAL NEEDS SHELTERS WILLIAM PENN AND CAPE HENLOPEN HIGH SCHOOLS
  October 27, 2012
• DPH URGES DELAWAREANS: PREPARE FOR FLOODING FROM SANDY
  October 26, 2012
• FDA’S EXPANDED RECALL OF NEW ENGLAND COMPOUNDING MEDICATIONS
  October 19, 2012
• DELAWARE CONFIRMS FIRST INFLUENZA CASES FOR 2012-2013
  October 19, 2012
• DELAWARE PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY GETS NATIONAL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TRAINING PROGRAM
  October 19, 2012
• DPH WARNS PUBLIC TO WATCH FOR SIGNS OF CONTAMINATED STEROID INJECTIONS
  October 19, 2012
• PROTECTING DELAWARE’S CHILDREN:
  LEAD POISONING PREVENTION WEEK, OCTOBER 21-27, 2012
  October 18, 2012
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  October 12, 2012: Trauma-Informed Care Conference
• BABY BOOMERS: GET TESTED
  October 12, 2012
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  October 10, 2012: Delaware AmeriCorps 2012 Swearing-in
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  October 10, 2012
• FIRST WEST NILE CASE IN MIDDLETOWN SEVEN DELAWARE CASES TOTAL FOR 2012
  October 9, 2012
• GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES DELAWARE’S OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS;RECIPIENTS WILL BE HONORED OCT. 25 IN DOVER CEREMONY
  October 5, 2012
• DID YOU “Get It?”
  October 5, 2012
• MENINGITIS AND STROKE ASSOCIATED WITH POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED PRODUCT: EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTIONS
  October 5, 2012
• GOV. MARKELL, LT. GOV. DENN TO LAUNCH DELAWARE FLU CAMPAIGN AND EMERGENCY DRILL: DO YOU
  October 3, 2012
• DELAWARE’S NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE-BACK EVENT
  October 3, 2012
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  NCCo Launch of Delaware Flu Campaign and Emergency Drill: Do you “Get It?”
  October 1, 2012

September

• MEDIA ADVISORY – 3 of 3
  September 26, 2012
• DELAWARE CELEBRATES FOOD SAFETY EDUCATION WEEK SEPTEMBER 24-29. WHEN COOKING: BE SAFE, DON’T CROSS-CONTAMINATE.
  September 25, 2012
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  September 25, 2012
• GOT DRUGS? PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE-BACK DAY RETURNS STATEWIDE SEPTEMBER 29, DISPOSE OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS
  September 25, 2012
• UPDATE: MONARCH MED SPA POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO GROUP A STREPTOCOCCUS
  September 25, 2012
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  September 25, 2012: Delaware Industries for the Blind Open House
• DELAWARE DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH WARNS CUSTOMERS OF MONARCH MED SPA OF POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO GROUP A STREPTOCOCCUS
  September 24, 2012
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  September 21, 2012
• GOT DRUGS? PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE-BACK DAY RETURNS STATEWIDE SEPTEMBER 29, DISPOSE OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS
  September 20, 2012
• FAMILY PREPAREDNESS DAY AT DELAWARE AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM
  September 20, 2012
• VOLUNTEER FAIR OCT. 6 AT KENT COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
  September 18, 2012
• CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT OFFERS FREE DNA PATERNITY TESTING IN SEPTEMBER
  September 18, 2012
• NEW WEST NILE PATIENTS CONFIRMED IN NEWARK AND HARRINGTON;PREVENTING THE DISEASE IS BEST DEFENSE
  September 13, 2012
• FIRST WEST NILE VIRUS DEATH IN DELAWARE
  September 7, 2012
• COURT MONITOR FILES SECOND REPORT ON IMPROVEMENTS IN STATE’S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM UNDER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
  September 6, 2012
• PUBLIC CAMPAIGN COLLECTS TRAVEL-SIZE TOILETRIES AND THANK-YOU NOTES TO BENEFIT DELAWARE VETERANS IN NEED
  September 4, 2012
• WHOOPING COUGH CASES RISE IN US GET VACCINATED FOR WHOOPING COUGH
  September 4, 2012
• RENEWAL OF BAYLOR POTTER’S FIELD WILL BE COMMEMORATED SEPT.12 IN PUBLIC SERVICE HONORING THE MEMORY OF DELAWAREANS BURIED THERE
  September 4, 2012

August

• DELAWARE DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS NOW ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2012 GOVERNOR’S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FOOD SAFETY
  August 31, 2012
• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES ANNOUNCES PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE FOR REVIEW OF AGENCY REGULATIONS
  August 31, 2012
• FIRST DELAWARE HUMAN WEST NILE VIRUS CASE OF 2012 CONFIRMED
  August 31, 2012
• MEETING ADVISORY
  August 31, 2012
• BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM INCREASES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES BY ADDING FOOD CARTS AT DMV LOCATIONS
  August 27, 2012
• MEETING ADVISORY
  August 27, 2012
• ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION DELAWARE VALLEY CHAPTER TO HOST NATIONAL ALZHEIMER’S PLAN TOWN HALL ON WEDNESDAY
  August 21, 2012
• FIGHT THE BITE: PREVENT WEST NILE VIRUS
  August 16, 2012
• NEW CRISIS AND PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT CENTER TO SERVE KENT AND SUSSEX COUNTIES:RECOVERY RESPONSE CENTER IN ELLENDALE TO OPEN AUG. 20, OPEN HOUSE 12:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. ON AUG. 17
  August 16, 2012
• SEN. CARPER & DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY HIGHLIGHT BACK-TO-SCHOOL IMMUNIZATIONS
  August 10, 2012
• PRELIMINARY CDC REPORT RELEASED ON YOUTH SUICIDES IN DELAWARE
  August 9, 2012
• MEETING ADVISORY
  August 6, 2012
• STATE ESTABLISHES DISABILITIES AND HEALTH CARE NEEDS TRANSITION TASK FORCE
  August 3, 2012
• NOMINATE DELAWARE’S OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS BY AUG. 20
  August 1, 2012

July

• DEATH OF FORMER DELAWARE PSYCHIATRIC CENTER PATIENT
  July 31, 2012
• EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING – ENTIRE DELMARVA PENINSULA
  July 27, 2012: Prepare to stay cool in dangerously hot weather
• GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL MODERNIZING DELAWARE’S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM
  July 24, 2012: House Joint Resolution 17 also signed, establishing study group on Delaware’s civil mental health laws
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  July 23, 2012
• REMINDER BILL SIGNING ADVISORY
  July 15, 2012
• DEFINING DELAWARE’S ESSENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS
  July 13, 2012: REMINDER: Public Meeting on July 17th, 6-8pm, Delaware Technical and Community College,Terry Campus, Dover
• MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE RECEIVES POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF HUMAN SKULL FOUND NEAR PEA PATCH ISLAND AS MISSING NEWARK MAN
  July 12, 2012
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  July 11, 2012
• DELAWARE RECEIVES GRANTS TO EXPAND RESPONSE IN RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES
  July 10, 2012
• DIVISION FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED TO HOST TOWN HALL MEETING JULY 16
  July 9, 2012
• FREE 2012-2013 SERVICE GUIDE NOW AVAILABLE IN PRINT AND ONLINE
  July 5, 2012
• DELAWARE DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH INVESTIGATES NEW VRSA CASE
  July 2, 2012
• TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS
  July 2, 2012

June

• DELAWARE LAUNCHES PILOT EBT PROGRAM AT FARMERS’ MARKETS
  June 28, 2012
• DELAWARE SB 162: HIV TESTING NOW STANDARD
  June 28, 2012
• AN ESTIMATED 800 DELAWAREANS HAVE HIV AND DON’T KNOW IT.
  June 27, 2012: June 27 Is National HIV Testing Day. Free And Rapid HIV Testing – Today And Everyday
• DELAWARE MEDICAID PROGRAM TO REIMBURSE FOR TELEMEDICINE-DELIVERED SERVICES BEGINNING JULY 1
  June 27, 2012
• DELAWAREANS: THE BATTLE WITH TICKS AND MOSQUITOS IS ON
  June 25, 2012: Prevention Is Key With Mosquito And Tick-Born Diseases
• MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE WILL DO FORENSIC TESTING ON HUMAN SKULL FOUND IN WATER OFF PEA PATCH ISLAND IN DELAWARE CITY
  June 25, 2012
• DEFINING DELAWARE’S ESSENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS IN A BENCHMARK HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN
  June 19, 2012
• EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING – NEW CASTLE COUNTY
  June 19, 2012: Prepare to stay cool in dangerously hot weather
• DANISH FOUNDATION TO ANNOUNCE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH HIGH-FUNCTIONING AUTISM IN DELAWARE
  June 11, 2012
• DELAWARE’S FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT PARTNERSHIP STAND BY ME TO MARK FIRST ANNIVERSARY WITH JUNE 11 ANNOUNCEMENT
  June 11, 2012
• MEDIA BRIEFING ADVISORY
  June 4, 2012
• MENTORING RALLY TO BE HELD JUNE 6 AT LAUREL HIGH SCHOOL
  June 4, 2012
• DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH WARNS RESIDENTS OF CEDAR AVENUE AREA OF WILMINGTON ABOUT RABID CAT WHO BIT OR SCRATCHED AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE
  June 4, 2012
• DHSS/DPC GARDEN MARKET OPENS TO PUBLIC ON FRIDAYS, BEGINNING JUNE 8
  June 1, 2012

May

• 2012 DELAWARE RADON POSTER CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
  May 29, 2012
• RABIES RECENTLY CONFIRMED IN RACCOON IN NEWARK
  May 25, 2012: Rabies Awareness and Prevention is Important
• NOMINATE DELAWARE’S OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS
  May 23, 2012
• SCREENING FOR LIFE AND COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE ACCESS PROGRAMS:
  May 22, 2012: Free Cancer Screening and Treatment Options for Delawareans
• NEXT STATE TOWN HALL MEETING ON UNDERAGE DRINKING THURSDAY IN ODESSA
  May 21, 2012
• MEDIA BRIEFING ADVISORY
  May 17, 2012
• NATIONAL WOMEN’S HEALTH WEEK MAY 13 – 19, 2012 WOMEN: THIS IS YOUR TIME!
  May 14, 2012
• NEW PEDS SCREENING TOOL HELPS PARENTS AND PROVIDERS ID DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS EARLY,AUTISM, OTHER DISORDERS AIDED
  May 11, 2012
• 280 FOSTER GRANDPARENTS HONORED AT RECOGNITION LUNCHEON IN DOVER
  May 10, 2012
• REMINDER MEDIA BRIEFING ADVISORY
  May 8, 2012
• DELAWARE’S NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE-BACK EVENT COLLECTS A RECORD 6,808 POUNDS OF MEDICINE
  May 4, 2012: 52 Percent Increase Over October 2011
• DELAWARE TO CELEBRATE SENIOR CORPS WEEK MAY 7-11 AND THE ALMOST 1 MILLION HOURS THAT DELAWAREANS SERVE
  May 3, 2012
• MEDIA BRIEFING ADVISORY
  May 2, 2012

April

• RABIES RECENTLY CONFIRMED IN RACCOONS IN FREDERICA AND FRANKFORD
  April 27, 2012: Rabies Awareness and Prevention is Important
• MEETING ADVISORY
  April 25, 2012
• GOT DRUGS?
  NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE-BACK DAY
  APRIL 28, 2012, 10 A.M. – 2 P.M. DISPOSAL SITES THROUGH OUT DELAWARE
  April 23, 2012
• ***REMINDER***
  MEDIA ADVISORY
  April 18, 2012
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  April 13, 2012
• DHSS SEEKS COMMENT ON STATE PLAN ON AGING AT PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS MONTH
  April 12, 2012
• GOVERNOR AND FIRST LADY TO KICK OFF DELAWARE WEEK OF SERVICE WITH EVENTS IN SMYRNA
  April 12, 2012
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  April 10, 2012
• PUBLIC HEALTH LAB CELEBRATES NATIONAL MEDICAL LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS WEEK WITH OPEN HOUSE.VISITORS TO LEARN HOW STATE LAB AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND PREPAREDNESS SERVICES PROTECT DELAWAREANS
  April 5, 2012
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  April 5, 2012

March

• FIRST ANTI-VIRAL RESISTANT FLU CASE IDENTIFIED FOR 2011-2012 FLU SEASON RESIDENTS REMINDED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS
  March 29, 2012
• DELAWAREANS INVITED TO SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERISM LISTENING TOUR STOPS
  March 28, 2012
• DELAWARE TO RECEIVE $600,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR AMERICORPS
  March 21, 2012
• GOING TO COLLEGE? GOT FAFSA?
  March 16, 2012: Senator Coons Sponsors Super Saturday at Sarah Pyle Academy in Wilmington
• LOAN PROGRAM TO UPGRADE DRINKING WATER FOR 150,000 DELAWAREANS
  March 15, 2012: Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) to Loan $18M
• DPH RELEASES QUARTERLY HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTION REPORT
  March 15, 2012
• GOVERNOR’S OUTSTANDING YOUTH VOLUNTEERS WILL BE RECOGNIZED APRIL 4
  March 14, 2012
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  March 14, 2012
• DELAWARE TO MARK AMERICORPS WEEK MARCH 11-17 WITH SEVERAL EVENTS
  March 9, 2012
• PUBLIC HEALTH CLOSES BODY ART BUSINESS OPERATING WITHOUT PERMIT IN WILMINGTON
  March 9, 2012
• DPH AND TELAMON HEADSTART JOIN EFFORTS FOR LEAD-TESTING
  March 8, 2012
• DELAWARE CANCER RATES DECLINE
  March 7, 2012: State Continues to Close Cancer Incidence and Mortality Gap With Nation
• MARKELLS URGE DELAWAREANS TO JOIN WEEK OF SERVICE APRIL 15-21
  March 2, 2012
• MEDIA BRIEFING ADVISORY
  March 2, 2012

February

• NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM COMMEMORATES FIFTH YEAR
  February 29, 2012
• DELAWARE SYPHILIS CASES ON THE RISE GAY MEN PARTICULARLY HARD HIT SAFER SEX PRACTICES AND MORE TESTING VITAL
  February 23, 2012
• DELAWARE BECOMES FIRST STATE TO ENROLL ALL ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS IN STATEWIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH RECORD
  February 20, 2012
• DELAWARE HEAL RELEASES FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
  February 17, 2012: Fourth Annual Summit to Focus on Impacting Obesity: March 22
• 5,000 NEW CASTLE COUNTY CHILDREN TO RECEIVE SUMMER FOOD BENEFITS THROUGH USDA GRANT
  February 17, 2012
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  February 15, 2012
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  February 9, 2012
• DIVISION FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED TO SPONSOR TOWN HALL MEETING FEB. 20
  February 7, 2012

January

• MEASLES CASE IDENTIFIED
  January 30, 2012
• CHILDREN ENCOURAGED TO ENTER DELAWARE RADON POSTER CONTEST
  January 24, 2012
• DNREC, DHSS JOIN FIRST LADY CARLA MARKELL IN PROMOTING 2012 AS A YEAR OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE
  January 18, 2012: New state websites offer volunteer opportunities and events
• DELAWARE’S FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM TO MAKE PRESENTATION BEFORE PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL ON THURSDAY AT THE U.S. TREASURY
  January 18, 2012
• NOMINATE YOUNG PEOPLE IN DELAWARE FOR GOVERNOR’S OUTSTANDING YOUTH VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARDS
  January 18, 2012
• DELAWARE IS FIFTH STATE TO IMPLEMENT INCLUSIVE STATEWIDE PEDIATRIC SYSTEM
  January 13, 2012
• RADIOACTIVE ITEMS IDENTIFIED, REMOVED FROM STORE SHELVES
  January 13, 2012
• DELAWARE’S FIRST INFLUENZA TYPE B CASE CONFIRMED
  January 13, 2012
• WIC KNOWS MORE THAN BEANS ABOUT HEALTHY COOKING
  January 13, 2012: Cooking Demonstrations Offered to WIC Clients
• DELAWARE’s MLK BLOOD DRIVE CULMINATES WITH A RECOGNITION EVENT MONDAY AT THE CHRISTIANA BLOOD BANK OF DELMARVA
  January 10, 2012
• DELAWARE CONFIRMS FIRST INFLUENZA CASE FOR SUSSEX COUNTY
  January 10, 2012
• MEETING ADVISORY
  January 9, 2012
• TEST YOUR HOME FOR RADON
  January 5, 2012: January is National Radon Action Month

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