Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and Commissioner of Health Service James Tomarken, MD, MPH, today congratulated Suffolk County Senior Public Health Sanitarian Lisa Potopsingh, who was one of ten applicants selected to participate in the Fellowship in Food Protection Program, a year-long program administered by the International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI). 

The Suffolk County Department of Public Works’ Division of Vector Control plans to treat parts of the following salt marshes by helicopter to control mosquito larvae.  Should weather conditions prevent completion of the work, it will be continued the next suitable week day. 

The Suffolk County Department of Public Works’ Division of Vector Control plans to treat parts of the following salt marshes by helicopter to control mosquito larvae.  Should weather conditions prevent completion of the work, it will be continued the next suitable week day. 

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

Suffolk County Health Services (SCDHS) Commissioner James L. Tomarken announced today that   7 additional samples have tested positive for West Nile virus. The samples, all Culex pipiens-restuans, were collected on July 17^th,  from  E. Setauket (1), and July 18th, from Lindenhurst (1), Rocky Point (3), and West Babylon (2).