Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. James L. Tomarken announced today that four mosquito samples (all Culex pipiens-restuans) collected between September 5, and September 11, 2016, have tested positive for West Nile virus.

Sampling performed by SUNY Stony Brook has confirmed new cyanobacteria blooms, more commonly known as blue–green algae, in Blydenburgh Lake at Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown and Big Reed Pond in Montauk County Park.

Seven mosquito samples and one horse tested positive for West Nile virus, said Dr. James L. Tomarken, Commissioner of Health Services. 

County Executive Steve Bellone and Commissioner of Health Services Dr. James Tomarken invite mature residents to attend the county’s national award-winning program focused on falls prevention.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and Health Commissioner James Tomarken, MD, encourage residents who use tobacco to obtain help in breaking their addiction through Suffolk County’s “Learn to Be …Tobacco Free” program.