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Quit the spit during ‘Through With Chew Week’

 

The Alabama Department of Public Health encourages smokeless tobacco users to quit the spit during “Through With Chew Week,” February 17-23.

The education campaign to decrease spit tobacco use and increase awareness of the negative health effects of using these products is an annual event begun in 1989 by the American Academy of […]

State warns about dangers of smoking spice

 

SHEFFIELD-The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) cautions the public about the hazards associated with the use and the risk to the public from synthetic cannabinoids also known as synthetic marijuana.

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Two New Cases of Zika Virus in Alabama

Pregnant women are urged to stay out of the infected areas.

 

 

The Alabama Department of Public Health reports the fourth and fifth travel-related cases of the Zika virus in Alabama residents. The positive specimens were from residents of Houston and Jefferson counties. In February and March, Zika cases were reported in residents […]

ADPH Says North Alabama Water Contaminated with Cancer Causing Chemicals

 

 

 

 

The Alabama Department of Public Health is working with the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) and federal agencies to determine any potential hazards related to perfluorinated compounds in drinking water in eight north Alabama water systems.

The FDA says these compounds are known to cause cancer in lab animals […]

Alabama’s first confirmed case of Zika virus 50 miles from Shoals area

 

MORGAN COUNTY-The Alabama Department of Public Health reports the first confirmed travel-related case of Zika virus in an Alabama resident. The positive specimen was from a resident of Morgan County. Tests are being conducted from Alabama resident specimens with a travel history to areas where Zika virus outbreaks are ongoing. In addition to […]