News & Advisories

This month, I will focus on health risks from concentrated kratom products, lethal levels of paralytic shellfish poison in Hood Canal, and updates from the Ebola outbreak in Africa.

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In week ending June 27, local indicators for influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and COVID-19 were minimal.

The Kitsap Public Health Board will meet on Tuesday, July 7, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the Norm Dicks Government Center in Bremerton.

While bats play an important role in our ecosystem, they can spread rabies. Be careful around bats!

No-contact advisory in effect through June 25. Shellfish harvesting closure in effect through July 9.

Kitsap Public Health District lifted a no-contact advisory on June 15 for the Island Lake County Park swimming beach.

Kitsap Public Health District has issued an advisory at Island Lake County Park swimming beach due to high levels of E. coli bacteria in the water.

Colorful patches are caused by blooms of algae or plankton (tiny plants or animals), which become more active during warm summer months.