Sentences with phrase «health department officials»

The first case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in Oneida County this year has been confirmed, Oneida County Health Department officials said today.

In less than a month, all contractors who perform renovations, painting and remodeling that might disturb lead - based paint in houses, child care facilities and schools built before 1978 will be required to meet stricter guidelines under the new regulations established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Oneida County Health Department officials said today.

And as one former state health department official said, «It eventually got loaded up like a Christmas tree.»

The death of an adult in October and two more adult deaths reported this week brings the total of area deaths attributed to the H1N1 influenza to five, Oneida County Health Department officials announced today.

Dale Zahn, CEO of the West Michigan Lakeshore Association of REALTORS ®, traveled to Las Vegas in July to co-present at the World Congress of the International Federation of Environmental Health, attended by a large audience of health department officials from across the country.

«After being notified by health department officials in the Seattle (Wash.) and Portland, Ore. areas that they were investigating approximately 20 cases of E. coli, including people who ate at six of our restaurants in those areas, we immediately closed all of our restaurants in the area out of an abundance of caution,» Chipotle said in an emailed statement.

The grassroots survey, which is not sanctioned by a government agency, was announced Tuesday at the New York state Capitol, where Health Department officials in June released the results of a controversial study they said found no evidence of increased cancer rates in Hoosick Falls.

The emails newly obtained by POLITICO show that on Dec. 26, 2014, state health department engineer Jane Thapa raised concerns to three other health department officials about the Taconic Plastics manufacturing facility in Petersburgh, ten miles from Hoosick Falls.

Oneida County Health Department officials received confirmation from the New York State Wadsworth... Read more

The Cuomo administration resisted sounding a public alarm even though federal regulators warned senior health department officials that people in Hoosick Falls should be alerted they were drinking water that contained dangerous levels of a chemical linked to cancer and other serious health problems, according to documents recently obtained by POLITICO New York through a Freedom of Information Request.

Suffolk County Health Department officials testing water from private wells near East Hampton Airport have found levels of chemicals at one residence above the Environmental Protection Agency's acceptable level for lifetime exposure.

State health department officials told federal regulators they had been involved in monitoring the Hoosick Falls PFOA pollution for a year and said they did not want to go public with a major alert.

Two state Health Department officials handed out «fact sheets» to residents at the meeting that said «health effects are not expected to occur from normal use of the water.»

Many residents were brushed off by state health department officials who said they were limited from testing by time and funding constraints, according to the email from DiMartino, the EPA project manager.

A pitbull terrier in Rome that had not received a rabies vaccination was euthanized after exhibiting symptoms characteristic of the disease, Oneida County Health Department officials reported today.

In 2013, a senior state Health Department official named Jim Introne left state government to go work for Sachs.

Health Department officials issued Commissioner's Orders to multiple bodegas, alerting employees and managers that it is against the law to sell synthetic marijuana.

In a letter, the committee cites other documents that show health department officials knew of the potential contamination for over a year, but did not tell residents that they might be in danger.

At that hearing, health department official Dr. Sonia Angell said the department was meeting to consider alternatives to Corizon, including HHC.

City Health Department officials said they didn't like the idea of grading school cafeterias because it could actually lead students to skip meals.

Erie County Health Department officials refused interview requests and would only answer questions by email.

Osceola County animal control officers are putting their traps away after Health Department officials decided last week to halt a practice of trapping and killing wildlife when a rabies case is discovered.Before Friday, whenever a rabies case was confirmed, traps were set in the area where the rabid animal lived.

An adult resident of Oneida County who had a confirmed case of novel H1N1 influenza has died from complications of the viral infection, Oneida County Health Department officials announced today.

Manufacturer Says Some Lots of H1N1 Lost Potency None of the H1N1 vaccine involved in a voluntary manufacturer's recall due to a loss of potency had been shipped to the Oneida County Health Department, County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. and health department officials confirmed today.

Zucker and other health department officials, in addition to blaming the EPA for any confusion, also pointed the finger at the polluter, Saint - Gobain, which was invited to testify but declined.

Oneida County Health Department officials received confirmation from the New York State Wadsworth Laboratory that the sample submitted for a child presenting flu - like symptoms has tested positive for the H1N1 virus.

In fact, the «NATSINSAP Steering Committee was comprised primarily of health department officials» (p. 37).

The highly contagious varicella - zoster virus (VZV), commonly known as chickenpox, often affects children under age 12 and sometimes even after they have been vaccinated against the disease, Oneida County Health Department officials warned today following reports of an outbreak in Herkimer County.

A former EPA administrator and a former New York state health department official have teamed up with a Vermont college to conduct a health survey of people potentially affected by polluted water in the villages of Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh, and in Bennington, Vermont.

THORNWOOD, N.Y. — A coyote that attacked a 5 - year - old, clamping down on the child's arm in a playground as her mother and an off - duty officer tried to fend it off, had rabies, Westchester County Health Department officials said Tuesday.

«A Better Me: Fit, Happy and Healthy Tracks Participants» Steps» More than 100 participants comprising teams from seven area agencies and the community - at - large will be taking part in a fitness program designed to reduce health disparities among minority and underserved women and girls, Oneida County Health Department officials announced today.

Nearly half of the 131 women killed between 1994 and 1999 in Utah were slain by husbands or boyfriends, according to a report released by state health department officials.

State Health Department officials are working to kick Soundview out of the Medicaid program, which would essentially cause it to shut its doors.

Onondaga County Health Department officials are refusing to say where in the town of Geddes, which includes the state fairgrounds, workers found West Nile Virus in mosquito pools.

Oneida County Health Department officials are reminding County residents now is the time for all persons six months and older to get vaccinated against influenza.

An Oneida County youth and several family pets are undergoing post exposure treatment for rabies after being attacked by a raccoon and a grey fox in separate incidents earlier this week, Health Department officials... Read more

A state Health Department official said the department did not have any information about the location of the Onondaga County plant.

New York state Department of Environmental Conservation and Health Department officials were in Newburgh Monday night to provide an update on the city's new carbon filtration system to filter PFOS contamination from the city's drinking water.

One Health Department official said the five new health sanitarians did not begin inspections until October.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A recent national study that reported Syracuse has the nation's highest lead poisoning rate is flawed and makes the lead problem here appear far worse than it is, according to Onondaga County Health Department officials.

At the end of last month, Cuomo met with Borge, Marchione, Hoosick Falls Schools Superintendent Ken Facin and Hoosick town Supervisor Mark Surdam after the Times Union reported that state Health Department officials had instructed town officials not to publicly release the results of private well tests — some of which showed elevated levels of PFOA.

Hickey, who is credited with bringing the issue to light amid resistance from village officials, said he was shocked to hear that state health department officials were aware that the EPA had a preliminary warning of about 400 parts per trillion, but still assured Hoosick Falls residents that the water was safe even though multiple drinking water sources tested higher.

Most notably, however, the latest version (D print) of the bill continues to allow patients over the age of 21 to smoke the drug — something Cuomo, citing concerns of the State Police and state Health Department officials, said he wants to ban altogether.