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The Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention held its annual Statehouse Day this week, highlighting the devastating impact of suicide on families and communities and thanking advocates for sharing their own heart-wrenching stories to bring attention to the issue in the Commonwealth. Among the speakers was …Continue Reading Statehouse Day Draws Attention to Suicide Prevention
For many teens in Massachusetts and elsewhere, having a job is an invaluable way to gain real-life work experience, explore different career paths, and make money for themselves and their families. Unfortunately, though, many teens across the U.S. are injured on the job. In fact, …Continue Reading Putting the Focus on Teen Worker Safety in Massachusetts
The March monthly meeting of the Public Health Council featured a series of informational updates from DPH leadership on various public health issues and initiatives. First, Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel, MD, MPH presented new findings to the Council from our ongoing public health data warehouse/Chapter …Continue Reading Highlights of the March 13th Public Health Council
¡El Departamento de Salud Pública de Massachusetts está de fiesta! Este año se celebra el sesquicentenario del departamento, nuestro 150° aniversario. Festejaremos este acontecimiento con un logo de aniversario especial y con presentaciones y eventos a lo largo del año. Como parte de nuestras celebraciones, …Continue Reading Celebramos 150 Años de Avances en Salud Pública
O Departamento de Saúde Pública de Massachusetts está celebrando! Este ano marca o sesquicentenário do departamento – nosso 150º anos aniversário. Estamos celebrando este marco com um logotipo especial de aniversário e apresentações e eventos durante todo o ano. Como parte de nossa celebração, planejamos destacar …Continue Reading Celebrando 150 Anos de Avanços na Saúde Pública
This coming weekend we move the clocks forward an hour for daylight savings time – losing an hour of sleep in the process. As we prepare to make that adjustment, now’s a good opportunity to think about the importance of sleep in our daily lives – …Continue Reading When the Clocks Change: Preventing Drowsy Driving Among Teens
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The early days of winter teased us with milder weather, but alas, the cold has arrived! Still, the temperature doesn’t have to be freezing—and you don’t have to be outside very long—to be at risk for cold stress, particularly hypothermia and frostbite. In fact, cold …Continue Reading There’s a Chill in the Air – But Cold Stress is Preventable!
The DPH Weekly Flu Report can now be found on this DPH web page – please be sure to bookmark for future reference. If you’re looking for any Weekly Flu Report prior to February 15th, 2019, please see previous Weekly Flu Report posts here on …Continue Reading Looking for the Latest Weekly Flu Report?
The last weekly flu report of 2018 shows that rates of flu-like illness continued to rise over the past seven days. We expect these rates to climb in the coming weeks, so now is the time to get a flu shot – it’s not too late. …Continue Reading Weekly Flu Report, December 28, 2018
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