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Health Department Offers Home Radon Testing Kits |
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The Essex County Cancer Coalition provided 30 free home radon testing kits to the Montclair Health Department. The Montclair Health. The Health Department will distribute the free test kits to Montclair residents on a first come first served basis.
Why test for radon? Radon is a radioactive gas that occurs naturally when uranium breaks down in the soil and in rock formations. Radon gas moves up through the soil and seeps into homes through cracks in the foundation, the water supply, and openings around sump pumps, pipes and drains. Once in your home, the radon breakdown products can become trapped in your lungs and help lead to lung cancer. The risk from radon is even greater if you breathe in tobacco smoke. Since radon is invisible, odorless and tasteless, the only way to know it’s in your home is through testing.
If you are interested, please call the Montclair Health Department at 973-509-4970 to register for this program. Once you have registered, you will be contacted with further instructions |
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H1N1 Influenza Vaccine |
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H1N1 Vaccination (click here for general information on the H1N1 virus)
Current Information as of:September 4, 2009
Q. Are their plans for developing novel H1N1 vaccine?
A. the U.S. government is working closely with manufacturers to take steps in the process to manufacture a novel H1N1 vaccine. Working together with scientists in the public and private sector, CDC has isolated the new H1N1 virus and modified the virus so that it can be used to make hundreds of millions of doses of vaccine. Vaccine manufacturers are now using these materials to begin vaccine production. Making vaccine is a multi-step process which takes several months to complete. Candidate vaccines will be tested in clinical trials over the few months.
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H1N1 Influenza - General Information |
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H1N1 Flu (Swine Influenza)
General Information (click here if you're looking information on the H1N1 vaccine)
What is H1N1 Flu?
H1N1 is a new type of influenza virus that was first detected in the United States in April 2009. It was originally called “swine flu” because tests showed some of the genes in the virus were similar to flu viruses that can occur in pigs.
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Influenza Vaccine Information from the Montclair Health Department |
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Every year in the United States, five to 20 percent of the population contracts the flu. More than 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu complications, and about 36,000 people die from flu-related causes. Older people, young children, and people with certain health conditions, are at high risk for serious complications from seasonal influenza.
The single best way to protect yourself and your loved ones against the flu is to get vaccinated each year. Persons, especially those at high risk for serious complications and their close contacts, are encouraged to get vaccinated as soon as vaccine is available at their doctors’ offices or in their communities. It is not too early to get a flu vaccine as soon as it is available, even in August or September. The protection you get from the vaccine will not wear off before the flu season is over.
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H1N1 Influenza Update from the Montclair Health Department |
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W The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS) has just released information on the first death in New Jersey due to the H1N1 flu. The patient was a 49-year-old Essex County man who had multiple underlying medical conditions. He passed at Mountainside Hospital on Saturday, June 13. He became ill with fever and respiratory symptoms on May 30 and was hospitalized on June 2 when his illness worsened.
As of today there are 320 confirmed cases in NJ, in 19 counties.
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