The department’s School Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) award recognizes one school district each year that has demonstrated a commitment to enhancing the health of its students through innovative programs that improve nutrition and/or increase physical activity. This year, the third annual SHARP award was presented to the Wyandanch School District.
County Executive Steve Bellone and Commissioner of Health Services Dr. James Tomarken announced today the activation of the Public Health Information Line: 631-787-2200. The Information Line is being employed to enhance continuing efforts to detect and prevent the spread of communicable illnesses in Suffolk County. The line is now available from Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Recent sampling performed by SUNY Stony Brook has confirmed new cyanobacteria blooms in Lake Ronkonkoma off Pond Road in the Town of Brookhaven and Mill Pond in Southampton.