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A Message From David Knauf, Director of Health

Welcome to the Darien Health Department website.  It is our intention to use this space to provide you with up-to-the minute health information as well as provide conveniently available application forms for your use.  Please also see the page for the Advisory Board of Health.  Please e-mail me if you have any questions or comments.  Good Health to you!

Mission of the Health Department is to:  Prevent disease, by promoting a safe community and healthy environment to all residents and visitors, while upholding public health based regulations, which protect the quality of life.

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January is National Radon Action Month!  The Health Department has free radon test kits!  Please stop in to get one and test your home!  Click here for more information.

Flu Prevention Program:  Use this scheduler to make an appointment with the nurse: 

 NEW!

•  Calendar of Important Upcoming Area Events Pertaining to Health and Wellness
• Become a Recovery Coach & Be Part of the Solution to the Epidemic Sweeping the Country - FREE!
• Are you concerned about the emotional and physical health and wellness of yourself or a loved one?  HealthyLivesCT.org provides helpful tools and information for evaluating, maintaining and regaining wellness.
• Centers for Disease Control, Weekly Feature -  Did You Know?

Annual Report: 2018-19

Quarterly Report to Board of Selectmen: January 2020

Inspection Reports for Darien Restaurants and Cosmetology Salons are available!

Breaking News

• Coronavirus Update, update as of February 13, 2020
  For the latest reports on Coronavirus from the Connecticut Department of Public Health, please click here.
• Now Available: Vaping, E-Cigs & Juuling: What Parents and Teens Need to Know VIMEO presentation at the Darien Library
• DPH Press Release Summary on the Adverse Health Impacts of Vaping
• FDA Issues Vaping Injury Update
• Fairfield County Community Wellbeing Index 2019 Released by DataHaven
• AED Locations in Darien - Click Here!
  
• Darien Health Director Speaks Out About the Potential Legalization of Marijuana in Connecticut
  
• Governor Proclaims "Environmental Health Professionals Day!"
• STDs reach record levels in CT, early data show
• CT Department of Agriculture Warns Residents About Salmonella Illness Outbreaks Associated with "Backyard" Poultry

• The Darien Health Department Presents the 2017 Community Health Needs Assessment to the Board of Selectmen

• Head Lice:  What Parents Need to Know / It's That Time of Year Again 
• Info on Bedbugs from the EPA                
• The Curious Case of Hepatitis C
• Pertussis - Whooping Cough in Darien
  

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