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This month’s meeting of the Public Health Council featured a series of informational presentations from DPH staff. Staff from the Bureau of Substance Abuse Services presented an overview of peer recovery coaching in Massachusetts. Following that, staff from the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences …Continue Reading Highlights of the April 3rd Public Health Council Meeting
Throughout our Department’s 150th anniversary year we will be highlighting aspects of our work and history. This month, we focus on an area that touches virtually every single Massachusetts resident: our Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. In addition to their most visible public function …Continue Reading Vital Records and Statistics: An Essential Foundation for Public Health
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
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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 latest weekly flu report indicates a rise in rates of flu-like illness over the past seven days. If you have not gotten a flu shot, there is still time to protect yourself and your loved ones against the flu. Flu vaccine remains available in communities across …Continue Reading Weekly Flu Report, February 1, 2019
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