2000 Press Releases
December 8, 2000
- Dr. Novello Announces $3 Million in Grants for Local Tobacco Control Programs - DOH Also Releases Second Annual Youth Access Tobacco Enforcement Report
December 5, 2000
- Health Department Releases Latest Cancer Maps - ZIP Code Level Maps Detail Colorectal And Lung Cancer Incidence
December 1, 2000
November 29, 2000
November 9, 2000
October 25, 2000
- Dr. Novello Announces Additional $4.75 Million in Grants for Local Tobacco Control Programs - Increase Brings Total Support for Coalitions To More Than $7 Million
October 18, 2000
- Health Department Announces $1 Million for Managed Care Plans - Grants Will Help Fund Collaborative Projects Between Plans and Providers To Improve Services to Medicaid Recipients
October 13, 2000
October 6, 2000
October 4, 2000
October 3, 2000
- Commissioner Novello Releases Report on Open Heart Surgery - New York State Reports the Lowest Death Rates Among Patients Nationwide
September 15, 2000
August 30, 2000
August 21, 2000
August 18, 2000
- HIV Quality of Care Measures Released
- State Health Department Confirms West Nile Virus in Two More Counties - Positive Bird Specimens are Confirmed in Saratoga and Clinton Counties
August 11, 2000
- Wyoming County Fairgrounds in Compliance with State Health Department Order to Ensure Safe Drinking Water - Wyoming County Fair Has Taken Steps to Ensure Fair's Water Source is Safe and Sanitary
August 8, 2000
- Chenango Fairgrounds in compliance with State Health Department order to ensure safe drinking water - Chenango Fair Has Taken Steps to Ensure Fair's Water Source is Safe and Sanitary
August 7, 2000
August 4, 2000
August 3, 2000
July 28, 2000
- State Health Department Confirms West Nile Virus in Ulster and Onondaga County Crows
- Health Department Will Close Bronx Nursing Home Unless It Comes Into Compliance - University Nursing Home in the Bronx to Close August 8, 2000
July 26, 2000
- Health Department Fines Coney Island Hospital $46,000 for Deficiencies in Sex Assault Case - Hospital Failed to Provide Police with Proper Rape Kit; Results in Lack of DNA Evidence Against a Serial Sexual Predator
July 21, 2000
- State Health Department Announces West Nile Virus Detected In Nine More Birds and One More Mosquito Pool - Dr. Novello Urges Public to Use Common Sense Precautionary Measures
July 18, 2000
- Genesee Fairgrounds in Compliance with State Health Department Order to Ensure Safe Drinking Water - Genesee Fair Has Taken Steps to Ensure Fair's Water Source is Safe and Sanitary
July 17, 2000
- State Health Department Announces West Nile Virus Detected In Mosquitoes and Four More Birds - Mosquito Pools from Westchester and Suffolk Counties Test Positive for West Nile Virus
July 11, 2000
- Tioga Fairgrounds in Compliance with State Health Department Order to Ensure Safe Drinking Water - Tioga Fair Has Taken Steps to Ensure Fair's Water Source is Safe and Sanitary
July 5, 2000
June 29, 2000
June 22, 2000
June 21, 2000
- Commissioners Novello and Jackson Announce New Organ and Tissue Donor Registry - Both Commissioners Sign-Up for Statewide Computerized Registry to Encourage Organ and Tissue Donations
June 9, 2000
June 6, 2000
April 27, 2000
April 14, 2000
- State Department of Health to Host Second Annual Workshop on Nanobiotechnology - Wadsworth Scientists to Focus on the Development of an Innovative Computer Chip for Future Use in Biological Research and Testing
April 11, 2000
- First-In-The-Nation Small Area Breast Cancer Maps Issued - ZIP Code Level Maps Also Detail "Areas of Elevated Incidence"
- Remarks for Cancer Mapping Press Conference - Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H.
March 31, 2000
March 27, 2000
- State Releases Eight Additional County-Level Cancer Maps - Sub-County Breast Cancer Map to be Released in April
March 17, 2000
March 9, 2000
- Statement by New York State Health Commissioner Antonia C. Novello, M.D. - West Nile Virus - Culex Pipiens Mosquitoes Collected From Fort Totten, Northeastern Queens
February 24, 2000
- Health Department Fines Staten Island Hospital for Deficiencies - $80,000 in Fines Must Be Paid Immediately and in Full - Corrective Actions Mandated
February 22, 2000
- Commissioner Novello Leads Child Health Plus Enrollment Day - Governor Pataki's Commitment to Child Health Plus Makes it Nation's Best Program
February 18, 2000
- Statement by State Health Commissioner Antonia C. Novello M.D., M.P.H. - Revised
- State Plan for West Nile Virus Response Prepared - Public Comment is Solicited on Draft Plan
February 3, 2000
- State Health Department Sanctions Choices Women's Med Center - Part of Ongoing Statewide Clinic Surveillance Initiative
