http://www.yourstreet.com/news/health-department YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us The 95 students still not complying with an edict from the county Health Department are considerably fewer than the 470 students in those districts who hadn't shown proof of vaccinations by Tuesday. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6737551/locally,-95-students-miss-school-over-lack-of-proper-vaccinations Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:56:08 -0700 The 95 students still not complying with an edict from the county Health Department are considerably fewer than the 470 students in those districts who hadn't shown proof of vaccinations by Tuesday. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6737598/locally,-95-students-miss-school-over-lack-of-proper-vaccinations Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:56:08 -0700 The state Health Department has ordered 21,000 doses of nasal spray vaccine for swine flu, also known as H1N1, said state epidemiologist Kristy Bradley. Read more on NewsOK.com http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6737839/nasal-swine-flu-vaccine-expected-in-oklahoma-tuesday Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:37:08 -0700 DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Walton County commissioners have approved the construction of a small dental clinic at the new county Health Department building, and officials hope to have it open by the beginning of the year. Rick Millard, the http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6716425/defuniak-springs-to-get-new-dental-clinic Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:04:08 -0700 BENTONVILLE — Benton County Judge Dave Bisbee approached the Long-Rang Planning/Real Estate & Buildings Committee on Wednesday evening with two options for moving the county Health Department and the Juvenile Detention Facility. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6709937/given-two-options,-committee-seeks-third Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:21:08 -0700 The Health Department has schedule another round of larvicide dropping this week. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- To control mosquitoes and the spread of West Nile Virus, the Health Department will drop larvicide from helicopter on marsh and other non-residential areas... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6698195/health-dept-to-drop-larvicide-on-staten-island-marshes-later-this-week Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:17:08 -0700 With the start of school and the imminent flu season, Messenger Post will run a two-part series on flu preparedness, countywide and in our schools. We asked health professionals and school administrators to answer a few questions we felt our readers need to know.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6700415/savvy-about-swine-flu Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:52:08 -0700 The Tulsa City-County Health Department facility at Expo Square could be moving as early as 2011, an official from the Health Department said last week. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6684384/health-facility-may-move-in-2011 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:59:08 -0700 Ohio Department of HealthOkwudili "Didi" Anekwe, deputy director of employee services at the state Health Department, has been cleared of allegations against him.COLUMBUS -- A high-ranking Ohio Department of Health official accused of running a side business on state... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6677975/ohio-health-department-employee-okwudili-didi-anekwe,-accused-of-misdeeds Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:48:08 -0700 The state Health Department has confirmed four more deaths in Hawaii from the H1N1 influenza A pandemic, including the first child to die here from swine flu. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6680860/swine-flu-claims-4-more-lives-in-hawaii Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:30:08 -0700 The state Health Department has received $2.1 million in federal money to plan for "an expected resurgence" of novel H1N1 influenza, or swine flu, this fall, and President Barack Obama is urging Americans to take steps to prevent infection. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6670335/state-receives-2-1m-to-ready-swine-flu-fight Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:30:08 -0700 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded $1.2 million to the state Health Department for prevention of hospital-related infections. The award is part of $40 million in prevention grants given to state health departments from federal stimulus funds.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6664951/oklahoma-gets-funding-to-fight-infections Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:43:08 -0700 An Allegheny County committee is expected tonight to approve the sale of the Health Department building in Oakland. The four-story building at 3333 Forbes Ave. would be sold for $4.9 million to a group of developers. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6658824/allegheny-county-health-department-building-sale-expected Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:00:08 -0700 An Allegheny County committee is expected tonight to approve the sale of the Health Department building in Oakland. The four-story building at 3333 Forbes Ave. would be sold for $4.9 million to a group of developers. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6658878/allegheny-county-health-department-building-sale-expected Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:00:08 -0700 The chief of the hospitals hardest hit by swine flu accused the state Health Department on Monday of failing miserably to help prepare for the return of the virus. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6659510/hospital-big-blasts-state-on-swine-flu Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:24:08 -0700 The chief of the hospitals hardest hit by swine flu accused the state Health Department on Monday of failing miserably to help prepare for the return of the virus. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6659521/hospital-big-blasts-state-on-swine-flu Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:24:08 -0700 To prepare for H1N1 as well as it can, the Sedgwick County Health Department is looking for volunteers to give vaccinations and for schools willing to participate in an absentee study. The Health Department will lead local efforts to respond to H1N1 pandemic flu. It... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6649149/county-needs-volunteers-to-give-flu-shots Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:04:08 -0700 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A federal wildlife agency is spreading tasty baits containing rabies vaccine to prevent the spread of raccoon rabies in parts of western and northern New York.In cooperation with the state Health Department and other agencies, http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6639214/wildlife-agency-spreads-vaccine-to-contain-raccoon-rabies Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:02:18 -0700 KNOXVILLE - Lab reports confirm the presence of West Nile Virus in mosquitoes in northeast and North Knox County, the Health Department said this afternoon. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6636259/mosquitoes-test-positive-for-west-nile-virus-spraying-planned Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:09:08 -0700 A quarantine at Rolling Hills Ranch stable in South Fayette has been lifted after samples collected from all 116 horses there tested negative for the neurologic form of Equine Herpesvirus, or EHV-1, the state Health Department announced today. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6636268/quarantine-lifted-at-south-fayette-stable Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:32:08 -0700