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News Releases - Archives


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State Board of Health

2009

 
  • November 2
Board to hold hearing on HIV counseling and testing
  • October 28
Report ties health risks to grades
  • October 10
Board holds hearing on sewage tank design rules; reconsider eye treatment for newborns
  • August 10
Board holds public hearing on environmental health and safety in schools
  • July 6
Board holds hearing on eye treatment for newborns
  • June 8
Board considers adoption of school environmental health and safety rule
  • March 9
Board to hold hearings on shellfish-related illness
  • January 12
Board discusses eye treatment for newborns

2008

 
  • October 6
Board considers adopting rule school health and safety rule
  • September 8
Board continues public hearing on environmental health and safety in schools
  • August 25
Board holds public hearing on environmental health and safety in schools
  • June 9
Board discusses environmental health and safety in schools, HIV counseling and testing
  • May 12
Board to hold hearings on shellfish-related illness, newborn screening
  • March 10
Board to discuss response to vaccine shortages, shellfish-related illness
  • February 18
Board to respond to shortage of Hib vaccine
  • January 8
Board to discuss newborn screening, scoliosis

2007

 
  • December 10
Board to discuss preventing mental illness
  • November 9
Board discusses school health and safety, immunizations
  • October 8
Board to hold hearing on child immunizations
  • August 7
Draft of school health and safety rule to be discussed
  • June 11
Board to hold hearing on disposal of dead animals
  • May 7
Board to discuss shellfish-related illness, strategic planning
  • March 12
Board to discuss shellfish-related illness, health care worker immunizations
  • January 26
Governor appoints Treuman Katz as Board's new chair

2006

 
  • December 11
Board to discuss menu labels, school health, and infant mortality
  • November 6
Board holds study session on school health and safety
  • October 16
Board to discuss school environmental health
  • July 11
Board to hold hearing on the handling of human remains
  • June 12
Board to hold hearing on HIV name retention
  • June 9
Public forum gathers local input on state health policy
  • June 6
New members needed to serve on State Board of Health
  • May 18
Board calls for Warren Featherstone Reid Award nominations
  • May 8
Board Discusses HIV name retention, mental health
  • May 5
Public forum gathers local input on state health policy
  • April 7
Public forum gathers local input on state health policy
  • March 7
Board of Health discusses rules for school health
and retaining the names of people living with HIV
  • January 11

 

Board of Health to hold hearing on food worker cards, consider immunization plan

2005

 
  • December 7
Board to hold hearing on cystic fibrosis
  • November 9
Board focuses on HIV name retention, pandemic flu
  • October 12
Board focuses on school health, newborn screening
  • August 2
Governor appoints Dr. Kim Thorburn as Board's new chair
  • July 13
Board of Health to Hold Hearings on Septic Rules and Chickenpox Vaccine Requirement
  • May 11
Board of Health to Continue Hearing on Septic Rules
  • April 13
Board to Hold Public Hearing on HIV/AIDS Rules
  • March 9
Board to Hold Hearing on Onsite Septic Rules

2004

 
  • November 10
Board to Discuss Vaccine Shortages and School Drinking Water, Hold Public Hearing on Notifiable Conditions Rule
  • September 7
Food Code, Hotel Rules the Subjects of Board Hearings
  • July 13
Board to Discuss Rules on Septics, Pools, Hotels, Food
  • May 10
Meeting in Skamania Tackles Pools, Hotels and Vaccines
  • March 9
State and Tacoma-Pierce County Boards of Health to Meet Jointly and Discuss Health Disparities
  • January 13
Arsenic in Drinking Water Subject of Board Hearing

2003

 
  • December 8
Getting Kids Prevention That works Heads Board Agenda
  • October 11
Board of Health Focuses on School Activity and Nutrition

 

  • July 8
Board to Discuss Priorities for 2003-05 at July 9 Meeting
  • May 13
Child Nutrition and Activity Top Health Board's Agenda May 14
  • April 7
Board of Health Meets April 9 to Discuss Public Health Funding

 

  • March 11
State Board of Health Meets with Thurston county Board to Discuss Local Efforts to Improve Access to Health Care
  • July 7
State Board of Health to Discuss West Nile virus, School Indoor Air Quality, and Public Health's Capacity to Meet New Standards

2002

 
  • December 9
State Board of Health Meets Jointly with King County Board
  • October 8
Board of Health Receives Genetics Task Force Report
  • September 9
Board Holds Isolation and Quarantine Rules Hearing
  • June 10
Board Considers Response to Vaccine Shortages
  • May 3
More Newborn Screenings, Routine HIV Tests for Pregnant Women Top State Board of Health Agenda
  • April 10
Art, Science, and Public Health Policy Converge as State Task Force Discusses the Future of Genomics
  • March 11
Dissolution of Health District, School Air Quality, Top March Agenda for State Board of Health
  • February 22
State Genetics Task Force meets on Genetic Discrimination
  • January 9
Board of Health to Meet Jointly With American Indian Health Commission

2001

 
  • November 13

Board of Health Report on Emergency Response of Public Health System Highlights Need for Greater Capacity
  • October 17

State Board of Health Releases New Report, "Healthy to Learn: State Requirements for Child Health Examinations"
  • October 8

Emergency Response, Appearance by Best-Selling Public Health Reporter Laurie Garrett, Top Board of Health Agenda
  • September 7

State Board of Health Sept. 12 Meeting Postponed
  • July 6

Board of Health to Discuss Future Priorities
  • June 11

Board of Health to Here Testimony on Environmental Justice
  • May 8

Aubrey Davis, President Emeritus of Group Health, Will Speak to Washington State Board of Health About Need to Reform Our Health Care System
  • May 5

Board of Health to Hear Testimony on Health Disparities
  • April 6

Board of Health Cancels April Public Meeting
  • March 13

Well-Child Checkups Top Agenda for Board of Health
  • January 8
Bergeson, Braddock to Address Children's Issues

2000

 
  • December 6
December 6, 2000 Board Meeting
  • November 8
Children's Health and Well Being: Are South Sound Children at Risk?
  • November 7
November 8, 2000 Board Meeting
  • October 9
October 11, 2000 Board Meeting
  • June 5
State Board of Health Invites the Public to Share Health Concerns on June 14 in Pasco
  • December 29
Genetics conference Explores Legal, Medical and Policy Issues

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Michelle Davis

Executive Director

Phone: 360-236-4105

Email: Michelle.Davis@doh.wa.gov

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