▼ Menu

Westchester County Department Of Health

News 08/20/12

Westchester Health Dept. Gets Parking Deal From New Rochelle

by Justin Stock   Comment
News 07/17/12

Free Vaccinations For Westchester County Students

by Zak Failla   Comment

SCARSDALE, N.Y. – As Westchester parents prepare to get their children ready to go back to school in the fall, some are going to need to do more than purchase pencils and backpacks.

The Westchester County ...

Read More
News 07/09/12

Free Rabies Clinic Set For Sunday In New Rochelle

by Justin Stock   Comment

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – The Westchester County Health Department will sponsor a one-day rabies vaccination clinic Sunday in New Rochelle.

Free vaccinations will be available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., by appointment, at Stamen Animal Hospital, 61 Quaker Ridge Road, for dogs, cats and ferrets owned by county residents. The hospital can be reached at ...

Read More
Lifestyle 05/04/12

County Begins West Nile Prevention Monday

by Justin Stock   Comments (1)

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – The Westchester County Department of Health will begin its annual West Nile Virus prevention program on Monday by checking catch basins throughout the county for standing water and applying larvicide as needed.

The department's goal is to eliminate breeding sites for mosquitoes that can carry the virus.

Teams will begin in New Rochelle, ...

Read More
News 08/30/11

Sewage Discharge Makes Hudson River Unsafe

by Robert Michelin   Comment

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – Once again, an uninvited guest has made it unsafe for residents to swim or participate in recreational activities in the Hudson River.

The Westchester County Department of ...

Read More
News 07/27/11

Westchester Lifts Its Hudson River Advisory

by Meredith Shamburger   Comment

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Hudson River in Westchester is now safe for recreational activities, the Westchester County Department of Health announced Wednesday morning.

Residents are free to swim, ...

Read More
News 07/25/11

Officials Clear Hudson River North of Hastings

by Meredith Shamburger   Comment

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. — The Westchester County Department of Health has revised its Hudson River alert, clearing the river north of Hastings for recreation activities such as swimming, kayaking and ...

Read More
News 07/19/11

County's Rabies Outbreak Leads the State

by Robert Michelin   Comment

MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. –  Westchester has had the most reports of rabid animals of any county in the state so far this year, health officials say.  Every day, it seems, there is another report of a ...

Read More