From The Cape Cod Times – BARNSTABLE — Local officials were briefed Thursday on a regional emergency dispatch study that could save Cape towns millions of dollars. The study, funded [...]
The flu vaccine recommendations this year are that everyone 6 months of age and older should receive a flu shot. The three vaccine strains in this years vaccine are the [...]
The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta has created a website in response to the opening of the new movie “Contagion”. This site addresses issues such as how does CDC [...]
BCREPC Chairman, Mashpee Fire Chief George Baker, and Co-Chairman, Dennis Police Department Chief Michael Whalen, discuss emergency preparedness on Cape Cod. (Special thanks to the Cape Cod Media Center for [...]
Below are a few articles pertaining to the Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment’s efforts leading up to and during hurricane Irene. Hurricane Irene: Eye on the storm - Cape [...]
From the Cape Cod Times – CENTERVILLE — As the sun plays cat and mouse with clouds above Cape Cod this week, it might be easy for vacationers to forget [...]
Well not exactly. Under a new initiative the Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment (BCDHE) will offer the first 15 applicants who have a failed septic system and are [...]
MVTimes.com – “There’s a giant tick,” a first-grader exclaimed as he recently walked into the Tisbury School gymnasium. But as he soon found, unlike most repulsive parasites of its kind, [...]