Weather permitting, the Suffolk County Department of Public Works will treat sections of the following communities as part of its ongoing effort to control adult mosquitoes.

The West Nile virus treatment scheduled for tonight, Thursday, August 28, 2014, has been canceled. The Department of Health Services will continue its mosquito surveillance in the area next week and will determine if treatment is needed depending on results of surveillance.

Weather permitting, the Suffolk County Department of Public Works will treat sections of the following communities on Fire Island as planned.

The next meeting of Suffolk County Department of Health Services’ Alcohol and Substance Abuse Subcommittee of the Community Mental Hygiene Advisory Board is scheduled for:

The next meeting of Suffolk County Department of Health Services’ Community Mental Hygiene Planning & Advisory Board is scheduled for:

Suffolk County Health Commissioner James L. Tomarken, MD, MPH, MBA, MSW, announced today that mosquito samples taken from Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown (1) and Gardiner County Park in West Bay Shore (1) have tested positive for West Nile virus. The samples, both Culex pipiens-restuans, were collected on August 12^th. The Suffolk County Department of Parks has been notified and advised to suspend activities in both parks during the hours of 6 p.m. and 8 a.m.