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Board of Health works on tobacco regulations, strategic planning

Board of Health works on tobacco regulations, strategic planning

by Mary Ellen Gambon | Mar 14, 2023 | Featured: News, News

The Board of Health met Monday evening to discuss when a hearing can be held on the adoption of the amended state product regulations for tobacco sales and to announce progress made on the Health Department’s strategic plan. The board voted unanimously to approve...
Board of Health works on tobacco regulations, strategic planning

Board of Health discusses issues with town’s shingles vaccine distribution

by Mary Ellen Gambon | Feb 28, 2023 | News

The Board of Health at its meeting Monday evening discussed complications with insurance billing for Shingrix that may affect the Health Department’s ability to distribute the shingles vaccine. Shingles is a painful rash that can occur in people over the age of 50 by...
Board of Health works on tobacco regulations, strategic planning

Health Department continues vaccine clinics, monitors norovirus

by Mary Ellen Gambon | Feb 13, 2023 | News

The Board of Health at a brief meeting Monday night discussed the Health Department’s recent initiatives. Public Health Nurse Simone Carter described the Health Department as “quietly busy.” She said that the number of reported respiratory virus cases, including...
Board of Health works on tobacco regulations, strategic planning

Health Department works to prevent opioid overdoses via naloxone program

by Mary Ellen Gambon | Jan 31, 2023 | Featured: News, News

At the Board of Health’s one-hour meeting Monday evening, Public Health Nurse Simone Carter announced that the state designated the Hopkinton Health Department as a Community Naloxone Purchasing Program affiliate, allowing it to distribute the medicine used to rapidly...
Board of Health works on tobacco regulations, strategic planning

As COVID surges, Health Department offers free test kits

by Mary Ellen Gambon | Jan 10, 2023 | Featured: News, News

The Board of Health at its meeting Monday evening discussed the latest variant of the COVID-19 virus and announced that the Health Department has an abundance of test kits to issue to residents who need them. Public Health Nurse Simone Carter said that “there has been...
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