12-31-03 = State
Agencies Work Together to Prepare Livestock Producers for - Foreign
Animal Disease Outbreak
12-29-03 = KDHE Receives Additional
Flu Vaccine from Dept. of Corrections - State Redistributes Hundreds
of Doses of Influenza Vaccine
12-22-03 = Kansas to Receive Approximately
5,000 More Doses of Flu Vaccine for Adults and Children
12-18-03 = Keep Children Safe at Grandparents
House
12-17-03 = KDHE Investigation of Sunflower
Lane Site in Salina
12-15-03 = Kansas to Receive Additional
Flu Vaccine from CDC
12-15-03 = Supervision Equals Safety
This Winter Season
12-12-03 = Work to Proceed on Vent
Well
12-12-03 = Trust for America's Health
Issues Report on State Bioterrorism Programs
12-10-03 = State Health Agency Recommending
Targeted Use of Remaining Flu Vaccine
12-05-03 = Increase in Flu Vaccinations
Leads to Smaller National Vaccine Supply - KDHE Working to Redistribute
Vaccine Where Need Remains
12-04-03 = Influenza Activity Increases
in Kansas - Children and Other High Risk Individuals Strongly
Encouraged to Get Vaccinated
12-02-03 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations
12-02-03 = Kansas SAFE KIDS Presents
2003 Awards
12-01-03 = Limited Edition Calendars
Available To Encourage Recycling
12-01-03 = World AIDS Day is December
1
11-25-03 = Cook Up Something Safe
This Holiday Season
11-25-03 = Serving a Safe Thanksgiving
Meal
11-24-03 = KDHE releases Annual Summary
of Vital Statistics - Kansas suicide rates increase, teen pregnancy
rates decrease
11-24-03 = Diabetes Remains a Leading
Killer in the U.S. - U.S. Surgeon General in Wichita to Launch
New Pilot Project
11-20-03 = Decorate with Care for
"The Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
11-19-03 = Kansas Tobacco Users Have
New Resource For 27th Annual Great American Smokeout - New Quitline
Receives More Than 300 Calls in First Week
11-18-03 = Give the Gift of Safety
This Holiday Season
11-13-03 = KDHE Launches Kansas Tobacco
Quitline - Quitline Available for Quitters Seeking Help on Great
American Smokeout
11-12-03 = First Influenza-Related
Death of Season Confirmed
11-10-03 = KDHE to Launch Program
to Help Kansans Stop Smoking - News Conference, Thursday, November
13 at State Capitol
11-07-03 = Update on West Nile Virus
in Kansas - 90 KDHE confirmed cases, 731 presumptive positive
commercial lab cases
11-04-03 = State and Local Officials
Call ‘Oktoberfest’ Exercises a Big Success
10-31-03 = Update on West Nile Virus
in Kansas - 90 KDHE confirmed cases, 723 presumptive positive
commercial lab cases
10-24-03 = Update on West Nile Virus
in Kansas - 88 KDHE confirmed cases, 719 presumptive positive
commercial lab cases
10-22-03 = KDHE Receives $50,000 Oral
Health Grant
10-20-03 = Fewer Teens are Smoking
in Kansas
10-20-03 = Two Additional Deaths Attributed
to West Nile Virus in Kansas - Cases with Meningitis /Encephalitis/Acute
Flaccid Paralysis Total 82
10-18-03 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violationsfor MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 10-18-03
10-18-03 = Weekly Update on West Nile
Virus in Kansas - 80 KDHE confirmed cases, 545 presumptive positive
commercial lab cases
10-14-03 = Make Safety One Of Your
Treats this Halloween
10-14-03 = State Officials Encourage
Influenza Vaccinations
10-13-03 = Safety Tips for School
Bus Safety Week - School Bus Safety Week is October 19-25
10-10-03 = West Nile Virus Update
on Confirmed and Unverified Presumptive Cases - One Presumptive
Death from WNV Now Confirmed
10-09-03 = KDHE Receives Nearly $3
Million Lead Hazard Control Grant for Wyandotte County
10-09-03 = Update on Confirmed Human
Cases of West Nile Virus in Kansas - Cases with Meningitis /Encephalitis/Acute
Flaccid Paralysis Total 76
10-09-03 = Plugging to Proceed on
Abandoned Brine Wells in Hutchinson
10-08-03 = Confirmed Cryptosporidiosis
Cases in Northeast Kansas Total 141 - Three New Riley County Cases
Are First There Since 2000
10-07-03 = KDHE Reports State’s
Second West Nile Virus Death - Five Additional Meningitis /Encephalitis/Acute
Flaccid Paralysis Cases Also Confirmed
10-03-03 = Eight Additional Human
Cases of West Nile Virus - Meningitis /Encephalitis/Acute Flaccid
Paralysis
10-03-03 = Kansas SAFE KIDS reminds
all Kansans: 'When Fire Strikes: Get Out! Stay Out!' - Fire Prevention
Week is October 5-11, 2003
10-03-03 = KDHE To Expand West Nile
Virus Surveillance and Reporting in Kansas
09-30-03 = Oct. 8 is Kansas SAFE
KIDS Walk Your Child To School Day
09-29-03 = Protect Your Child From
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
09-29-03 = Four Additional Human Cases
of West Nile Virus Meningitis or Encephalitis - Confirmed WNV
meningitis or encephalitis cases total 53 in Kansas
09-26-03 = Confirmed Cryptosporidiosis
Cases in Northeast Kansas Total 110 - One new case in Johnson
County
09-26-03 = Eight Additional Human
Cases of West Nile Virus Meningitis or Encephalitis - Confirmed
WNV meningitis or encephalitis cases total 49 in Kansas
09-25-03 = Confirmed Cryptosporidiosis
Cases in Northeast Kansas Total 109 - One new case in Shawnee
County
09-24-03 = More Human Cases of West
Nile Virus Meningitis or Encephalitis - Confirmed WNV meningitis
or encephalitis cases total 41 in Kansas
09-24-03 = Confirmed Cryptosporidiosis
Cases in Northeast Kansas Total 108
09-23-03 = Confirmed Cryptosporidiosis
Cases in Northeast Kansas Total 105
09-22-03 = Three Additional Human
Cases of West Nile Virus Meningitis or Encephalitis - Confirmed
WNV meningitis or encephalitis cases total 38 in Kansas
09-22-03 = Confirmed Cryptosporidiosis
Cases in Northeast Kansas Total 102
09-19-03 = Plugging to Proceed on
Vent Well In Hutchinson
09-19-03 = KDHE Increases Surveillance
for Cryptosporidiosis Cases in Northeast Kansas - Total of 99
Cryptosporidiosis Cases in NE Kansas
09-19-03 = Nine Additional Human Cases
of West Nile Virus Meningitis or Encephalitis - Confirmed WNV
meningitis or encephalitis cases total 35 in Kansas
09-17-03 = Three Additional Human
Cases of West Nile Virus Meningitis or Encephalitis - Confirmed
WNV meningitis or encephalitis cases total 26 in Kansas
09-15-03 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violationsfor MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 09-15-03
09-12-03 = Five Additional Human
Cases of West Nile Virus Meningitis or Encephalitis - Total confirmed
WNV meningitis or encephalitis cases 23 in Kansas
09-12-03 = KDHE Statement Regarding
West Nile Virus Testing and Reporting in Kansas
09-09-03 = Additional Human Case of
West Nile Virus Brings Kansas Total to 18 Presence of WNV in 69
Kansas Counties
09-05-03 = KDHE invites Kansas State
Fair Visitors to enter the - “Great Hunt for your Health
and Environment”
09-02-03 = Celebrate Baby Safety Month
by Childproofing Your Home
08-28-03 = Three Additional Human
West Nile Virus Cases Confirmed in Kansas - Total now at 17 for
2003
08-28-03 = Kansas Safe Kids Reminds
Parents to Take Proper Safety Precautionjs During Heavy Labor
Day Travel Weekend
08-26-03 = Four Additional Human West
Nile Virus Cases Confirmed in Kansas - Total now at 14 for 2003
08-22-03 = Tenth Case of Human West
Nile Virus Confirmed in Kansas
08-21-03 = KDHE Reports State’s
First West Nile Virus Death
08-20-03 = Three Additional Cases
of Human West Nile Virus Confirmed in Kansas - Total of 8 Human
Cases
08-18-03 = Fifth Case of Human West
Nile Virus Confirmed in Kansas
08-13-04 = Two Additional Human West
Nile Virus Cases Confirmed in Kansas for 2003
08-12-03 = KDHE Confirms Second Human
West Nile Virus Case in Kansas for 2003
08-11-03 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violationsfor MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 08-11-03
08-08-03 = Boil Water Advisory Lifted
for Rush Co. Rural Water District # 1
08-08-03 = Weekly Update of West Nile
Virus Cases in Kansas - Positive Cases (Horses, Birds, Mosquitos)
in 43 Counties
08-01-03 = KDHE Confirms First Human
West Nile Virus Case in Kansas for 2003
08-01-03 = Weekly Update of West
Nile Virus Cases in Kansas - Positive Cases in 25 Counties
07-31-03 = Governor Sebelius Announces
Solid Waste Grants
07-25-03 = Boil Water Advisory Issued
For Rush County Rural Water District No. 1
07-25-03 = Weekly Update of West Nile
Virus Cases in Kansas - Positive WNV Cases Now in 16 Counties
07-18-03 = Weekly Update of West Nile
Virus Cases in Kansas - Positive Birds in 7 Additional Counties
07-15-03 = Summer Heat Brings Potential
Health Risks
07-15-03 = KDHE to Suspend Review
of Harper County Landfill Application - Judge’s Ruling Makes
Application Invalid
07-10-03 = KDHE Partnership with Rice
County Meth Task Force - Informs 14,000 about Meth
07-09-03 = Third Case of West Nile
Virus in Kansas - Positive Horse in Wichita County
07-03-03 = Second Case of West Nile
Virus in Kansas - Positive Bird in Shawnee County
07-02-03 = Kansas Vital Records Fees
Change
07-02-03 = E-coli Case in Kansas
Tied to USDA Recall
06-30-03 = State Prohibits Alterra
Sterling House of Fairdale from Admitting New Residents
06-30-03 = Grand Court II Fined $2,500
06-27-03 = Taking a Camping Trip
This Summer? - Don't Forget Your Safety Common Sense
06-27-03 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violationsfor MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 06-27-03
06-27-03 = State Issues Emergency
Suspension of Child Care Provider
06-26-03 = West Nile Virus Reappears
in Kansas - First 2003 Case Confirmed in Mosquito Pool
06-26-03 = National HIV Testing Day
is June 27
06-25-03 = Playing it Safe During
the Not-So-Lazy Days of Summer
06-23-03 = Kansas SAFE KIDS Reminds
You to Spark Safely this Fourth of July
06-20-03 = Kansas SAFE KIDS Kids Warns
Parents and Caregivers That a Hot, Parked Car is NO Place for
a Child
06-17-03 = Preliminary Tests Confirm
Monkeypox Case in Kansas - Specimens to be Sent to CDC for Further
Tests
06-16-03 = Suspect Monkeypox Case
in Kansas - News Conference 3:30 p.m. Today
06-12-03 = MEDIA ADVISORY: Kansas
SAFE KIDS Progress Report & 10-Year Celebration
06-12-03 = Despite Dramatic 24% Decrease
in Death Rate Unintentional Injury Still the #1 Killer of Kansas
Kids
06-12-03 = MEDIA ADVISORY: Kansas
SAFE KIDS Progress Report & 10-Year Celebration
06-12-03 = Despite Dramatic 24% Decrease
in Death Rate - Unintentional Injury still the #1 Killer of Kansas
Kids
06-11-03 = Kansans Cautioned to Avoid
Prairie Dogs - Federal and State Agencies Prohibit Transport and
Sale of Prairie Dogs
06-11-03 = Blue-Green Algae Bloom
Forces Restrictions At Marion Reservoir - Public Water Supplies
Use Alternate Water Sources
06-09-03 = MEDIA ADVISORY: Kansas
SAFE KIDS Progress Report & 10-Year Celebrationfor MEDIA ADVISORY: Kansas
SAFE KIDS Progress Report & 10-Year Celebration
06-06-03 = KDHE to Conduct Public
Meetings on Hantavirus in SW Kansas
06-06-03 = Kansas Chosen to Participate
in Fight Against Chronic Disease at Policy Academy
06-06-03 = State Fines Kenwood Plaza
An Additional $10,000
06-05-03 = State Prohibits The Grand
Court II from Admitting New Residents
06-03-03 = Kansas Prepares for Tougher
Fight with West Nile Virus - Surveillance Underway and Reporting
Hotlines Open
06-03-03 = State Prohibits Gina’s
Retirement from Admitting New Residents
06-03-03 = Proposed Regulations for
Underground Hydrocarbon and Natural Gas Storage in Salt Caverns
06-02-03 = KDHE Issues Notice of Intent
to Revoke Facility License
05-30-03 = Two Hantavirus Cases In
Southwest Kansas, One Deadly
05-29-03 = State Recognizes Aberdeen
Village in Olathe For Exemplary Care
05-29-03 = State Recognizes Hutchinson
Hospital For Exemplary Care
05-29-03 = State Fines Lakeside Home
Care $2,500.00
05-27-03 = Protecting Your Kids When
They're Home Alone
05-22-03 = SAFE KIDS Cycle Smart
05-22-03 = Swim Safe this Summer
05-20-03 = KDHE Accepting Comments
on Greenwood County C&D Landfill Modification
05-20-03 = State Prohibits Twilight
Years I, from Admitting New Residents
05-16-03 = National Women’s
Health Week: KDHE Secretary Calls Attention to Women & Smoking
05-15-03 = State Offers Free Replacement
of Birth and Marriage Records - Lost In Tornadoes May 8th
05-15-03 = Grants Available For Tire
Recycling Efforts
05-14-03 = State Prohibits Twilight
Years III from Admitting New Residents
05-13-03 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violationsfor MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 05-13-03
05-09-03 = State Offers Assistance
To Counties Affected By Tornadoes
05-08-03 = Kansas Students Honored
By Governor
05-07-03 = Kenwood Plaza, Inc Fined
$10,000 - State Prohibits St. John Facility From Admitting New
Residents
05-07-03 = State Prohibits Crow’s
Residence from Admitting New Residents
04-29-03 = Third Suspect Case of SARS
in Kansas
04-24-03 = 1st Step Recycling in
Great Bend Earns Statewide Recognition at Solid Waste Conference
04-24-03 = Thomas County Conservation
District Earns Statewide Recognition
04-24-03 = Johnson County Hazardous
Materials Program Recognized at Conference
04-24-03 = City of Winfield Earns
Statewide Recognition at Conference
04-24-03 = SARS Currently Under Control
In Kansas
04-21-03 = Recycling Group Recognizes
Kansas Youth
04-17-03 = State Discourages Chicks
and Ducklings as Easter Gifts for Kids
04-15-03 = KDHE Accepting Comments
on Rice County C&D Landfill Modification
04-15-03 = KDHE Extends Public Comment
Period on Proposed Landfill in Harper County
04-15-03 = Second Suspect Case of
SARS in Kansas
04-14-03 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violationsfor MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 04-14-03
04-14-03 = State Recognizes The Forum
of Overland Park for Exemplary Care
04-14-03 = State Recognizes Arkansas
City Presbyterian Manor for Exemplary Care
04-14-03 = State Recognizes Enterprise
Estates Nursing Center for Exemplary Care
04-09-03 = Kansas Joins National Settlement
With Archer Daniels Midland
04-07-03 = KDHE Appoints Acting Director
of Health
04-07-03 = KDHE Plans Public Meetings
on Proposed Regulations for Municipal, Commercial, and Industrial
Wastewater Facilities
04-01-03 = Kansas Ends Temporary
Suspension of Smallpox Vaccination Program
04-01-03 = KDHE Accepting Comments
on Washington County C&D Landfill Modification
04-01-03 = KDHE Accepting Public Comments
on Norton County C&D Landfill Expansion
03-31-03 = Clinic Canceled - Smallpox
Vaccination Clinic Tuesday in Garden City
03-28-03 = Smallpox Vaccination Clinic
Tuesday in Garden City
03-27-03 = Pheasant Acres in Hutchinson
Fined $10,000.00
03-27-03 = State Issues Emergency
Suspension of Child Care Providerfor State Issues Emergency
Suspension of Child Care Provider
03-27-03 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violationsfor MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 03-27-03
03-24-03 = Statewide Injury Prevention
Meeting, March 26 in Topeka
03-24-03 = Public Hearing Scheduled
for New Landfill in Harper County
03-24-03 = Statewide Injury Prevention
Meeting, March 26 in Topekafor Statewide Injury Prevention
Meeting, March 26 in Topeka
03-21-03 = State Lifts Admissions
Prohibition at Angelic Care in Mulvane
03-21-03 = State Lifts Admissions
Prohibition at Pheasant Acres in Hutchinson
03-20-03 = Inhalants: Russian Roulette
with a Poison
03-20-03 = State Health Officer in
Kansas Takes Position in Ohio
03-20-03 = Suspect Case of Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Kansas
03-19-03 = KDHE Plans Public Hearing
for Tire Monofill in Nemaha County
03-19-03 = Public Hearing Scheduled
for Construction and Demolition Landfill in Riley County
03-18-03 = Winfield Hosts Ninth Annual
Solid Waste Conference
03-14-03 = National Poison Prevention
Week - "Children Act Fast.So Do Poisons"
03-11-03 = State Prohibits Pheasant
Acres from Admitting New Residents
03-11-03 = State Prohibits Angelic
Care from Admitting New Residents
03-11-03 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violationsfor MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 03-11-03
03-10-03 = Smallpox Vaccination Clinic
Wednesday in Great Bend
03-03-03 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violationsfor MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 03-03-03
02-28-03 = Smallpox Vaccination Clinic
Tuesday in Wichita
02-26-03 = Smallpox Vaccination Clinic
Friday in Kansas City, Kansas
02-26-03 = Smallpox Vaccination Clinic
Thursday in Parsons
02-25-03 = Kansas Smallpox Vaccination
Clinics Begin Today
02-25-03 = Kansas Smallpox Vaccination
Clinics To Begin - Updated to Include Additional News Conferences/Clinic
Changes
02-21-03 = Kansas Smallpox Vaccination
Clinics To Begin
02-20-03 = KDHE Accepts Pollution
Prevention Award Applications
02-19-03 = Public Hearing for Proposed
Landfill near Pittsburg
02-19-03 = Public Meeting Scheduled
for Results of Blood Lead Follow-Up Study in Galena
02-17-03 = Comfort Care Homes, Inc
Fined $1,400
02-17-03 = Brewster Health Center
Fined $600
02-14-03 = Plugging to Proceed on
Twelve Vent Wells
02-13-03 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violationsfor MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 02-13-03
02-11-03 = Health Officials Concerned
About Increase In Obesity In Kansas - Public Health Community
Forum, February 12, 11:30-2pm, Ramada Inn
02-11-03 = Interactive Video Conference
on Smallpox Vaccine Adverse Reactions
02-10-03 = Public Hearing Set for
Landfill in Wichita
02-10-03 = Kansas Releases Blood Lead
Follow-Up Study Results for City of Galena
02-06-03 = Safe Kids Survey Reveals
Kids in Child Care May Not Be Transported Safely
02-06-03 = State Lifts Admissions
Prohibition at Shadowlands
02-06-03 = Kansas To Host Livestock
Facility Composting Conference - February 11 in Great Bend
02-07-03 = First Kansans Vaccinated
for Smallpox Since Early 1970’s
02-05-03 = KDHE Staff to Receive First
Smallpox Vaccinations in Topeka on February 7
02-03-03 = KDHE Meth Watch Program
Provides Technical Assistance to TV Show "Third Watch"
01-31-03 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violationsfor MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 01-31-03
01-30-03 = Kansas Rabies Cases On
The Rise in 2003
01-28-03 = Kansas Prepares to Begin
Voluntary Smallpox Vaccinations of Healthcare Workers
01-08-03 = Five-Year Review of Former
Refinery Site Completed
01-07-03 = First Influenza Cases of
Season Confirmed
01-06-03 = State Certifies Treatment
Operators
01-02-03 = State Lifts Admissions
Prohibition at Ottawa Retirement Plaza
01-02-03 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violationsfor MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues
Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 01-02-03
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