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).

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.

 The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has confirmed the presence of a cyanobacteria bloom in Georgica Pond in East Hampton.  

Weather permitting; the Suffolk County Department of Public Works is planning to treat sections of the following communities as part of their ongoing annual efforts to control adult mosquitoes.

July 28 is World Hepatitis Day, one of only four World Health Organization (WHO) disease-specific days. According to WHO, nearly 400 million  people are living with chronic viral hepatitis and 1 million people die each year from causes related to viral hepatitis.