| Released |
Title |
| December
18, 2002 |
DHSS Sets January 2, 2003
deadline for Bancroft To Comply With Corrective Action Plan |
| December
13, 2002 |
Statement by NJ Commissioner
of Health and Senior Services on President Bush's Smallpox Vaccination
Plan Announcement |
| December
9, 2002 |
New Jersey Announces Smallpox
Vaccination Plan  Smallpox
Questions And Answers For 12/9/02 |
November
12 , 2002
|
Web-Based Nursing
Home Report Card Linked
Ten Federal
Quality Measures Added |
November
4 , 2002
|
Governor
Gets Flu Shot to Encourage Vaccinations in NJ |
October
24 , 2002
|
New Jersey Releases
Sixth Annual Managed Care Report Card |
October
18 , 2002
|
Two Additional New Jersey
Residents Test Positive for West Nile Virus |
October
17 , 2002
|
McGreevey
Unveils Bio-Terrorism Preparedness Plan
 Executive
Summary
|
October
11 , 2002
|
Eighth
New Jersey Resident Tests Positive for West Nile Virus |
October
7 , 2002
|
Commissioner
Warns of Listeria Risk from Consuming Sliced Turkey Deli Meat |
October
3 , 2002
|
Seventh
New Jersey Resident Tests Positive for West Nile Virus |
September
27 , 2002
|
Two
More New Jersey Residents Test Positive for West Nile Virus |
September
26 , 2002
|
New
Jersey Prepares for Possibility of a Flu Pandemic |
September
23 , 2002
|
Fourth
New Jersey Resident Tests Positive for West Nile Virus |
September
23 , 2002
|
Live
Long, Live Well Walking Program Kicks-off |
September
19 , 2002
|
Update
on Listeria Infections |
September
13 , 2002
|
Third
Human Case of West Nile Reported |
September
13 , 2002
|
NJDHSS
Announces Investigation of Listeria Infections |
September
6 , 2002
|
Second
Human Case of West Nile Reported |
September
5 , 2002
|
First
Human Case of West Nile Virus Detected in Mercer County Man |
August
26, 2002
|
New
Public Awareness Campaign Launched to Increase Childhood Immunization
Rates |
August
19, 2002
|
Update
on Two Public Health Issues |
August
9, 2002
|
McGreevey
Announces that New Jersey is Recognized as a National Leader in Tobacco-Use
Prevention |
August
8, 2002
|
Funding
for Early Intervention Program Announced |
August
7, 2002
|
Commissioner
Lacy Emphasizes Precaution and Prevention In Decreasing Risk of West
Nile Virus |
July
24, 2002
|
Governor
McGreevey's Budget Positions New Jersey As a National Leader in the
War Against Cancer |
July
23, 2002
|
Department
Awards $693,460 in Minority Community Health Grants |
July
13, 2002
|
Potassium
Iodide Distribution Begins |
July
10, 2002
|
Draft
Public Health Assessment Released on Quanta Resources Corporation
in Bergen County |
July
8, 2002
|
Governor
McGreevey Asks Residents to Donate Blood |
July
3, 2002
|
Potassium
Iodide Distribution Dates Announced |
June
28 , 2002
|
New
Website Makes Finding Acute Care Simple |
June
28 , 2002
|
New
Jersey Releases New Video Against HIV/AIDS |
June
27 , 2002
|
Commissioner
Urges Caution in Hot, Humid Weather |
June
24 , 2002
|
Animal
Friendly License Plate Gets New Design |
June
19 , 2002
|
State
Unveils Potassium Iodide Distribution Plan |
June
6 , 2002
|
Nursing
Merit Awards Dinner Recognizes 10 Outstanding Nurses
|
May
24, 2002
|
Emergency
Medical Services Awards Presented As Part of EMS Week in New Jersey |
May
20, 2002
|
Tests
Confirm West Nile Virus in Five Crows |
May
20, 2002
|
Department
Releases Report on Cancer in Older Adults |
May
16, 2002
|
Report
Marks A Year Of Progress For New Jersey's Comprehensive Tobacco Control
Program |
May
7, 2002
|
New
Jersey 2001 Youth Tobacco Survey Reveals Significant Declines In Tobacco
Use |
May
7, 2002
|
Governor
McGreevey Affirms Support for Tobacco Control Program - Makes Health
of New Jersey Citizens a Top Priority - |
May
6 , 2002
|
Governor
McGreevey Protects Prescription Drug Benefits for Seniors and Disabled |
April
24 , 2002
|
McGreevey
Signs Legislation to Strengthen State's Effort to Respond to Bioterrorism
For
More Details |
April
24 , 2002
|
McGreevey
Signs Executive Order to Combat Identification Fraud |
April
22 , 2002
|
State
Receives Potassium Iodide Pills |
April
20 , 2002
|
New
Jersey Youth Mobilize Against Environmental Tobacco Smoke |
April
18 , 2002
|
State
Receives $45.7 Million in Ryan White Title II Funding for HIV &
AIDS Programs and Services |
April
15 , 2002
|
Department
Announces Availability of $600,000 in Minority Community Health Grants |
April
12 , 2002
|
State
Issues Health Alert on Contaminated Pufferfish |
April
1 , 2002
|
Six
Honored for Achievement with Public Health Week Awards |
March
28 , 2002
|
Background
Information on the CDC's Project RESPECT |
March
8 , 2002
|
DHSS
Orders Medical Laboratory of Ironbound to Stop Testing |
March
4 , 2002
|
Learning
How To Use Portable Defibrillators Can Save Lives |
March
4 , 2002
|
Department
to Hold Hearings on the Early Intervention System |
February
28, 2002
|
Memorial
Hospital of Salem County Resumes Admissions, Surgical Procedures |
February
27, 2002
|
Admissions
Curtailed at Memorial Hospital of Salem County |
February
14, 2002
|
Department
to Hold Hearing on Ryan White AIDS Funds |
February
7, 2002
|
Prevention
is Key During Cold and Flu Season |
February
5, 2002
|
Heart
Disease Can Be Deadly, But Can Be Prevented |
January
31, 2002
|
Acting
Commissioner Lacy Statement on Federal Funds for Public Health Infrastructure
in New Jersey |
January
31, 2002
|
It's
Not Too Late to Get a Flu Shot |
January
30, 2002
|
Acting
Commissioner's Statement on the Passing of Dr. Slade |
January
14, 2002
|
DHSS
Announces Public Regulations on Body Art Procedures |
January
09, 2002
|
Draft
Public Health Consultation Released on Mile Run Brook in Middlesex
County |
January
07, 2002
|
NJDHSS
Issues Winter Weather Advice |
| News Archive - 2001,
2000, 1999 |
