Press Releases

The Oneida County Health Department announced today that the Village of Boonville won the 2015 Best Tasting Drinking Water Taste Test Contest. The contest was held at the Boonville-Oneida County Fair on Thursday July 30, 2015. The contest promotes awareness of the value of public drinking water to the public. The contest has been held throughout New York State for the past 20 years. Its goal is to enable the general public to become aware of the value and the quality of public tap water through a non-scientific and publicly involved competition.

The New York State Department of Health and the Oneida County Health Department are urging residents to avoid the
risk of rabies and rabies treatment by capturing and submitting for testing any bat found in their home that may have
had contact with humans or their pets.

Blue-green algae, technically known as cyanobacteria, are microscopic organisms that are naturally present in lakes and streams.

WIC plays a vital role in providing access to nutritious foods for eligible families in New York.
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) offers nutrition education, breastfeeding support, referrals and a variety of nutritious foods to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding or postpartum women, infants and children up to age five to promote and support good health.

Ninety-seven mosquito pools collected in Oneida County since the beginning of summer and tested for
West Nile Virus have yielded one positive results for the disease, Oneida County Health officials said today.

The purpose of Men’s Health Week is to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys. The Oneida County Health Department encourages all men to make health a priority, and encourages health care providers to discuss with their male patients about how they can improve their health.