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2006 Press Releases & Media Advisories

• World AIDS Awareness Day -12/1/2006
• MHD Participates in National Flu Vaccination Week - 11/28/2006
• MHD Receives Grant from Faye McBeath Foundation to help fund Plain Talk Initiative and prevent teen pregnancy - 11/27/2006
• "Return the Warmth! Free Fleece Jackets from local businesses and community-based organizations for Children up-to-date on vaccinations and Free Vaccination Clinics -11/16/2006
• MHD Appoints New Division Manager of Maternal and Child Health - 11/10/2006
• MHD's Update on Recent TB Case - 10/20/2006
• Winterize, Immunize. Flu Kick-Off - 10/17/2006
• WE Energies Helps Reduce Risk of Lead Exposures - 8/24/2006
• Back-to-School Health Fair - 8/14/06
• City of Milwaukee Health Department Reminds Citizens of Heat Hotline - 8/1/06
• Hot Weather this weekend - 7/28/06
• Commissioner's Community Award of Excellence Presented to Marquette University and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - 7/17/06
• Commissioner of Health Reminds People to be Aware of Heat-Related Symptoms and Illness-Learn How to Stay Cool! - 7/14/06
• June 15 is Heat Awareness Day - 6/15/06
• Community Baby Shower - 5/9/06
• MHD Comment on Closing of St. Michael's Hospital - 5/8/06
• Mumps Investigation Update- 4/28/06
• Mumps Investigation Update - 4/21/06
• Mumps Investigation Update - 4/19/06
• Full Press Release-Lenas "Keep Your Shorty Alive " Event  - 4/5/06
• MHD Works With Lenas Grocery Stores to Protect Infants - 4/4/06
• City of Milwaukee Awarded $4.5M State Grant to Improve Family Health Outcomes - 3/9/06
• Mayor Barrett Launches Program to Improve Birth Outcomes, Child Abuse and Neglect - 3/8/06
• City of Milwaukee Health Department Receives $538,000 State Grant to Improve Bioterrorism Readiness  - 3/6/06
• City's Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Receives $50,000 from the Helen Bader Foundation - 2/14/06

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2005 Press Releases & Media Advisories

• Mayor Barrett Hosts Pandemic Influenza Business Summit - 12/14/05 
• 2005 Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Awareness Week - 10/26/05
• "Winterize - Immunize" Campaign Kick-off - 10/3/05
• First Human Cases of West Nile Virus Reported in Milwaukee County - 9/29/05
• Take Back the Night - 26th Anniversary - Speaking Out to End Violence Against Women and Children - 9/22/05
• Hurricane Evacuees Arrive!  City of Milwaukee Health Department Goes to Work - 9/8/05
• City of Milwaukee Health Department to Assist in Health Needs of Evacuees - 9/7/05
• Back To School Health Fair Offers Free Immunizations, Health Screenings - 8/16/05
• Meningitis Cases on the Rise in Milwaukee - 8/11/05
• Two Mosquito Pools Test Positive for West Nile Virus in Milwaukee - 8/3/05
• Love Them. Protect Them. Immunize Them! Mayor Barrett Kicks Off FREE Back-to-School Immunization Campaign - 7/29/05
• City Health Department Supports WI Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Teen to Sue Paint Industry - 7/15/05
• City of Milwaukee Health Department Honored for Excellence in Public Health - 7/14/05
• July is Rabies Awareness Month - 6/30/05
• Beat The Heat! - Kick-off of Local Area "Cool Spots" - 6/27/05
• Wisconsin Heat Awareness Day - June 16, 2005 - 6/14/05
• City Agencies Work Together to Reduce Illegal Tobacco Signage - 6/6/05
• Spring Into Summer with a Lead Awareness Family Festival of Fun! - 5/13/05
• Milwaukee Launches Cover The Uninsured Week - 4/28/05
• Milwaukee Area Laboratories Surveyed for Receipt of Potentially Hazardous Flu Virus - 4/13/05
• New Strategy in Fight Against Infant Mortality-City of Milwaukee Health Dept. Unveils Rap CD - 4/7/05
• Milwaukee Celebrates National Public Health Week - April 4 - 10, 2005 - 4/1/05
• "Health Matters" in Early Childhood Education - 3/21/05
• New website launch: Think Big. Start Small.^TM Campaign - 3/18/05
• Marquette University & City of Milwaukee Health Dept. Respond to TB Case - 2/9/05
• School Immunization Requirements - 2/9/05

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2004 Press Releases & Media Advisories

• Flu Vaccine Restriction Lifted - 12/29/04
• Additional Flu Clinics for Adults and Children - 12/10/04
• MHD TB Control Clinic is Relocating - 11/19/04
• Flu Vaccine Still Available in Milwaukee - 11/15/04
• MHD Awarded 7.5 Million to Protect Children from Lead Exposure - 10/28/04
• MHD Childhood Lead Poisoning Program Awarded 7.5 Million in Federal Grants - 10/27/04
• October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month - 10/15/04
• MHD to Update on Limited Supply of Flu Vaccine - 10/6/04
•  Flu Vaccine Update - 10/5/04 
• City Working to Eliminate Adult Immunization Disparities - 10/4/04
• Get READII - Shoo the Flu! Kick-off  - 10/1/04
• Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties to Hold Press Conference About Pertussis Investigation  - 9/24/04
• Special Saturday Immunizations Clinic to be Held - 9/24/04
• "Take Back the Night" 25th Anniversary - 9/21/04
• Deputy Surgeon General to Visit Milwaukee to mark "Take A Loved One to the Doctor Day" - 9/20/04
• New MHD Health Operations Director - 9/17/04
• September is National Food Safety Month - 9/17/04
• Third Annual "Embracing Diversity Conference Concerning Children and Families" to be Held - 9/15/04
• MHD Seeking to Reduce Childhood Obesity in Milwaukee - 9/1/04
• Milwaukee and Waukesha County Join Forces to Contain the Spread of Pertussis - 8/27/04
• MHD Awarded Donation from SC Johnson to Fight West Nile Virus - 8/18/04
• Free Back-to-School Health Fair - 8/18/04
• Health Commissioner Applauds Voluntary Withdrawal of Candy - 8/11/04
• Lead Found in Candy - 7/29/04
• MHD's Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Receives NACCHO Award - 7/15/04
• "Fight the Bite" - New Ad Campaign Geared Toward West Nile Virus Awareness - 7/9/04
• First Bird Identified in Milwaukee County with West Nile Virus - 7/9/04
• Wisconsin Heat Awareness Day - June 17 - 6/16/04
• Milwaukee County Beaches Re-Open for Weekend Festivities - 6/4/04
• City of Milwaukee Health Department Continues Response to Pertussis Cases - 5/28/04
• City of Milwaukee Health Department Recommends Temporary Closure of County Beaches - 5/28/04
• Update on Pertussis Investigation - 5/26/04
• Three Cases of Pertussis in UW-Milwaukee Students - 5/21/04
• New 2004-2005 Immunzation Requirements - 5/21/04
• MMSD and MHD Press Conference Regarding Sewer Overflow - 5/18/04
• Asthma Awareness Month in Milwaukee - 5/10/04
• National "Cover the Uninsured Week" - 5/7/04
• "Gross Out" Video Teaches Teen Workers Safe Food Handling Procedures - 4/7/04
• New Campaign to Lower Infant Mortality - 4/2/04
• Infant Mortality Rates and Milwaukee - 2/27/04
• Extreme Cold Weather Expected in Milwaukee - 1/20/04
• MHD Donates Pediatric Vaccine - 1/07/04
• Not Too Late to Vaccinate - 1/05/04

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2003 Press Releases & Media Advisories

• Flu Shots Available for Those At High Risk - 12/26/03
• Dwindling Flu Vaccine Supply, Yet Immunizations Still Strongly Encouraged - 12/09/03
• City of Milwaukee Influenza Update - 12/05/03
• Influenza - First Two Confirmed Cases in Milwaukee - 11/18/03
• Marquette University Tuberculosis Case Update - 11/17/03
• First Annual Milwaukee Health Champion Award - 11/05/03
• Single Case of Tuberculosis Found in Milwaukee County - 10/29/03
• Health Officials to Kick-Off Flu Season - 10/22/03
• $47,000 Grant from FDA will assist MHD to develop unique safe food handling video - 10/01/03
• Take A Loved One to the Doctor Day - 09/15/03
• Special Saturday and Wednesday Evening Immunization Clinic - 08/28/03
• FREE Back-to-School Immunization Clinic - 08/11/03
• City Departments Combine Attack on Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus - 07/17/03
• MHD / Meta House Partnership Awarded Federal Grant - 07/17/03
• Mosquito Trapping in Milwaukee County Yields First Positive for West Nile Virus - 07/15/03
• West Nile Virus Found in Wisconsin Bird - 07/10/03
• Heat Awareness Day - June 19, 2003 - 06/18/03
• Status of Monkeypox Investigation - 6/17/2003
• USDA Food Safety Mobile To Visit Milwaukee - 6/16/2003
• Investigaton Continues Regarding Human Illness Linked with Prairie Dogs - 6/06/2003
• MHD and State Agencies Investigating Human Illness Linked with Prairie Dogs - 6/05/2003
• Milwaukee Health Department Gets Jump on Trapping West Nile Virus - 5/19/2003
• Wisconsin Public Health Association (WPHA) Conference - 5/19/2003
• Special Immunization Clinic Held for MPS Children - 5/02/2003
• MHD Advisory on SARS - 5/01/2003
• Local Health Officials to Provide Update on SARS Regional Preparedness - 4/28/2003
• April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month - 4/14/2003
• 2003 Immunization Workshop Assists Local Healthcare Professionals - 4/9/2003
• Celebrate Milwaukee's Public Health Week - 4/7/2003
• Milwaukee Health Department Response to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - 3/16/2003
• State Vaccinates Select Group of Milwaukee Health Department Staff - 3/12/2003
• Milwaukee Health Department and Aurora Plan Ongoing Community Health Surveys - 2/14/2003
• City of Milwaukee Response to Raising Terrorism Threat Alert - 2/07/2003
• Public Health and Bio-Terrorism Information Available by Phone and on Web - 2/07/2003
• HUD Grant Given to NDIC to Protect Kids From Lead Hazards - 2/06/2003
• Parents Are Encouraged to Comply with School Immunizations - 1/16/2003

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2002 Press Releases & Media Advisories

• Milwaukee Health Department is Selected as a New Adult Immunization Program Site - 12/20/2002
• Milwaukee Health Department is Selected as a New Adult Immunization Program Site - 12/20/2002
• First Flu Case in the Milwaukee Area Confirmed - 12/06/2002
• New Media Contact for the City of Milwaukee Health Department- 10/29/2002
• National Lead Poisoning Prevention Awareness Week, October 20-26, 2002 - 10/17/2002
• Fifth Human West Nile Virus Case in Milwaukee County - 09/25/2002
• Fourth Human West Nile Virus Case in Milwaukee County - 09/18/2002
• First Bird Identified in Wisconsin During 2002 with West Nile Virus - 07/11/2002
• Harley Davidson Helps Promote Organ and Tissue Donations at Milwaukee Harley Event - 06/05/2002
• West Nile Mosquito Traps Installed in Milwaukee County - 06/04/2002
• Milwaukee Health Department Lead Program and City Leaders Unveil - 06/03/2002
• New Lead Poisoning Awareness Billboard- 06/03/2002
• Beach Health Website Returns for Summer 2002 - 05/20/2002
• Milwaukee City and Wyndham Hotel Employees Join for Emergency Preparedness Training - 05/20/2002
• Milwaukee County District Attorney Sends close to 10,000 Letters to Parents of children with Delinquent Immunization Records - 05/02/2002
• Milwaukee Experiences First Heat-Related Death of 2002 - 04/17/2002
• Uihlein Grant Helps Milwaukee Health Department Form Emergency Public Health Preparedness Center - 04/09/2002
• Celebrate Milwaukee's Public Health Week - 04/04/2002

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2001 Press Releases & Media Advisories

• MHD Recommendations Regarding Suspicious Letters or Packages - 10/12/2001
• MHD Increases West Nile Involvement - 09/04/2001
• West Nile Virus Detected in Milwaukee - 08/31/2001

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