DBCH provides information about the prevention and control of infectious disease.

Provides a wide variety of services essential to the health and well-being of all Genesee County Residents. Service areas include public water supply protection, community sanitation and food protection, private water and sewage disposal systems, realty subdivision plan review, public health nuisances, residential lead investigations, chemical emergencies, rabies investigations, and enforcement of both the Adolescent Tobacco Use and Prevention Act (ATUPA) and the NYS Clean Indoor Air Act (CIAA). The Environmental Health division also operates multiple anti-rabies immunization clinics annually to administer vaccines to domestic animals, including cats, dogs, and ferrets, in order to reduce the spread of the potentially life threatening disease.

Provides evaluation and treatment for active tuberculosis cases, follow-up evaluation and testing for contacts, preventive treatment when required, TB skin testing, and Quantiferon blood testing. Appointments are required.

Provides rabies information, monitoring, and vaccinations available to those who own pets, and or those who have been exposed or potentially exposed with an animal suspected of having rabies.

Provides printed, other media, and online materials to educate people on AIDS/HIV, STDs, and TB, including information on treatment, clinical trials, and prevention.

Provides immunizations to the public. Also monitors instances of rabies by investigating possible cases, and vaccinating those who have come in contact with the virus.

Protects the public from the spread of communicable diseases through the surveillance and investigation of contagious diseases. Offers services and programs including: Reporting requirements, infection control and Services for Health Care Providers; HIV/AIDS & STI services; Immunizations information schedules as well as travel immunizations for Children and Adults; Tuberculosis (TB) information, Zoonotic Diseases, COVID information and Data & Research Resources. Call for detailed information regarding all services offered.

Provides free public health information about Ebola. Trained operators are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Provides testing, diagnosis, and treatment of latent and active tuberculosis cases in Onondaga County.

* Provides public health services that include:

• Rabies Prevention (receive notification of all dog bites in the county and work with the person that was bitten to make sure they get screened for rabies risk and the need for post-exposure prophylaxis).
• Lead Poisoning Prevention (works with families of children at risk for, or with an elevated blood lead level to reduce that child's level). Testing is not provided by public health but a referral is made to the NYS office.
• Immunization Program (provides mandatory and optional vaccines for the county residents)
• Communicable Disease Program (investigates and coordinates with other agencies on reports of State-defined communicable diseases).
• Healthy Families Program (Assists at-risk families with strength-based guidance and support in parenting and other life issues).
• Emergency Preparedness (Promoting and educating the community on being prepared for natural and other disasters).
• Children's Programs including Early Intervention.

Provides public health services in programs that respond to concerns dealing with the indoor and outdoor environment.

* Enforces Monroe County Sanitary Code Article ll, General Sanitation and Article lV, Habitable Buildings. This includes integrated pest management.Carbon Monoxide PoisoningTobacco UseHome Fire DeathsHousehold Pests/Rabies and Animal Contact programLead ExposureAsthma Hospitalizations

Offers information and guidance to general public on the prevention and control of communicable diseases or conditions, including sexually transmitted diseases. Works with the New York State Department of Health to monitor developing health related situations.

Monitors campgrounds, children's camps, drinking water, food served to the public, housing hygiene, lead poisoning prevention, mobile home parks, pools, beaches, spas, rabies prevention, radon, sewage systems, smoking restrictions and temporary residences.

Provides surveillance, investigation, intervention, reporting, and follow-up of reportable communicable diseases to reduce the spread of disease in the community.

Provides programs for chronic diseases, communicable diseases, tuberculosis, and sexually transmitted diseases, including testing and counseling for HIV.

Warren County Public Health Services works closely with physicians, health centers, and Glens Falls Hospital to consistently encourage and assure timely reporting of laboratory confirmed and-or clinically suspected cases of reportable communicable diseases. A Public Health Nurse follows up with clients either by telephone or home visits, to offer needed information to assure appropriate treatment of infected individuals and prevent exposure to contacts as appropriate, in order to protect the health of the public. The Rabies Prevention Program follows up on all animal bites-exposures, provides approval for rabies post exposure vaccination, approves rabies specimen testing, serves as a resource for providers and the community and offers rabies vaccination clinics for pets. All animal bites-exposures are mandated by Public Health law to be reported to the victim's county of residence. Tuberculosis PPD testing is offered by appointment to any Warren County resident requesting it.

Offers regularly scheduled rabies clinics throughout the county for cats, dogs and ferrets. Also provides information about rabies and animal bites/exposures. If bitten, scratched or have had contact with the saliva of an animal that is believed rabid call or seek health care immediately.

Provides a youth drop-in center and community youth center that focuses its programming on the physical and mental health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth (13-24 yrs) and their straight allies in the Southern Tier.

The Environmental Health Division is responsible for enforcing NYS Public Health Law and the State Sanitary Code in Schoharie County. The division provides services, guidance and education, which prevents illness, improves people's health, protects the environment and enhances the quality of life for all Schoharie County residents.

Provides weekly confidential and anonymous HIV testing, diagnosis, as well as pre- and post-test counseling, treatment and referrals to local resources.

Offers testing and treatment of sexually-transmitted diseases. Confidential and anonymous HIV testing, Hepatitis C testing, and PrEP education and referrals.

Provides information and guidance to the general public on the prevention, control and eradication of communicable diseases or conditions.

Offers information and guidance to general public on the prevention and control of communicable diseases or conditions, including sexually transmitted diseases. Works with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to monitor developing health related situations.