May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and it’s a perfect time to remind folks about our community’s newest resource for mental health needs: the Barnstable County Behavioral Health Portal and Service […]
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Five emergency responders went to Cape Cod Hospital early this morning over concerns they had been exposed to a hazardous substance. According to a Wellfleet Fire Department news release, at […]
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Wastewater treatment plants not only struggle removing pharmaceuticals, it seems some drugs actually increase after treatment. When researchers tested wastewater before and after treatment at a Milwaukee-area treatment plant, they […]
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In 2014, rates of infection from a serious form of E. coli and one of the more common Salmonella serotypes decreased compared with the baseline period of 2006-2008. Meanwhile, some […]
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All of Nauset Estuary and Town Cove in the towns of Orleans and Eastham are closed for shellfishing due to an outbreak of red tide. Eastham officials announced the closure […]
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The Spring 2015 Melanoma Education Foundation Newsletter is now available online. From the MEF website: “In most cases, melanoma is easy to self-detect at an early stage while it is […]
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Eastham Town Meeting enthusiastically approved $85 million for the second phase of the once-controversial town water project. Vigorous applause followed the vote. Eastham Selectmen Chair Linda Burt said will extend […]
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Bloodsucking parasites beware, the TickBot is in town. Researchers tested a tick-killing robot at Nickerson State Park in Brewster Tuesday and demonstrated it at the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Service. […]
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The Americas region has become the first in the world to be declared free of endemic transmission of rubella, a contagious viral disease that can cause multiple birth defects as […]
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