NDDH is holding two Food Awareness Safety Training (FAST) classes in April. Click here to learn more!

BROOKLYN – The State of Connecticut Mosquito Management Program (MMP) announced that mosquitoes trapped in Darien, Fairfield, New Haven, and Stamford on July 18 and 19 tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV). These results represent the first WNV positive mosquitoes identified in the state by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) this year. ...Read More >

Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus, which is part of the same family of viruses as the virus that causes smallpox. Monkeypox symptoms are similar to smallpox symptoms, but milder, and monkeypox is rarely fatal. Monkeypox is not related to chickenpox. Since May 2022, cases of monkeypox have been ...Read More >

The following COOLING CENTERS will be open for residents: The Putnam Municipal Complex, 200 School Street, Putnam will be open as a cooling center Wednesday, July 20 from 8:30 am to 8:00 pm, Thursday, July 21 from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, and Friday, July 22 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The Library ...Read More >

(HARTFORD, CT) – Today, Governor Ned Lamont approved a recommendation by the State of Connecticut’s Interagency Drought Working Group to declare that all eight Connecticut counties are experiencing Stage 2 Drought conditions due to precipitation across the state being below normal. Under the state’s drought plan adopted in 2018, Stage 2 identifies an emerging ...Read More >

The Northeast District Department of Health (NDDH), in partnership with the Uncas Health District, is pleased to offer another virtual session of the American Lung Association’s Freedom From Smoking Group Quit Program. People who use the FFS Group Quit format are six times more likely to be smoke-free one year later than those who ...Read More >