Sussex Sees Increase in Infection, but Coronavirus Recovery is in our Future

By Mari Lou | April 18, 2020
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Governor John Carney during his Friday coronavirus update talked about looking towards recovery.  However currently the numbers are not showing any flattening of the curve in positive cases and hospitalizations.  The numbers are showing an increase in infection in Sussex County, which Public Health Director, Dr Karyl Rattay says is mostly focused around the poultry…

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Delaware Reports Record Low Number of HIV Infections

By | February 9, 2019
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The Delaware State Health Department continues to report positive news regarding the state’s number of cases for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), falling again in the year 2018. Officials tell WGMD that 92 people in the state found out they were HIV-positive last year, the first time that number was below 100 since they started…

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CDC Warns of Multi-State E. Coli Infections Linked to Romaine Lettuce

By | November 21, 2018

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is advising Delawareans of a multi-state outbreak of聽E. coli聽infections linked to romaine lettuce. The lettuce could be contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 and could make people sick. To date, there have been no confirmed cases reported in Delaware, but DPH urges consumers to take precautions to…

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