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Brookline’s Medical Reserve Corps Receives $5,000 Readiness Grant

The Town of Brookline Department of Public Health and Human Services announces that the Brookline Medical Reserve Corps has received a $5,000 grant to...

Brookline Health Department To Initiate Study On Impacts Of Marijuana In...

Health Commissioner Sigalle Reiss announces that the Brookline Department of Public Health & Human Services is conducting an exploratory assessment of the landscape and...

The Town Of Brookline Offers Last Flu Shot Clinic Of The...

The Brookline Department of Public Health and Human Services is offering residents a final shot for a healthy holiday season. The department will host...

Brookline Department Of Public Health Invites Community To Attend Open House

Health Commissioner Sigalle Reiss and the Brookline Department of Public Health and Human Services invite members of the community to attend an open house...

Brookline Department Of Public Health Encourages Residents To Participate In Community...

Brookline Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) would like to encourage residents to participate in the Community Health Equity Survey as part...

Brookline Department Of Public Health Shares CoViD-19 Update

Health Commissioner Sigalle Reiss and the Brookline Department of Public Health and Human Services share that, in alignment with the end of the federal...

Brookline Advisory Council On Public Health Member To Be Honored For...

Health Commissioner Sigalle Reiss and the Brookline Department of Public Health & Human Services are pleased to share that a member of Brookline's Advisory...

Harnessing Artificial Intelligence For Public Health: Opportunities & Challenges For Brookline

The Friends of Brookline Public Health would like to invite the community to a live panel presentation titled "Harnessing Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Public...

Brookline Indoor Air Quality Presentation

Brookline's Advisory Council on Public Health (ACPH), in partnership with the Zero Emissions Advisory Board (ZEAB), would like to invite the community to attend...

NETA Brookline Annual Community Meeting

New England Treatment Access (NETA) will be holding an annual community meeting to provide abutters and community residents with an opportunity to comment on the...

Updated Solid Waste Regulations In Brookline

Health Commissioner Sigalle Reiss and Department of Public Works Commissioner Erin Chute report that the Brookline Department of Public Health & Human Services and...

Brookline Department Of Public Health Invites Community Members To Attend Virtual...

The Brookline Department of Public Health and Human Services and the Department of Planning and Community Development would like to invite community members to...

Brookline Public Health & Recreation Departments To Hold Annual Yoga Class

Health Commissioner Sigalle Reiss and Recreation Director Leigh Jackson would like to invite community members to attend the annual community yoga class to celebrate...

Darlene Johnson Named Brookline’s New Community Health Manager

The Brookline Department of Public Health and Human Services is pleased to announce the appointment of Darlene Johnson as its new Community Health Manager. Johnson...

Brookline Public Health Releases 2023 Marijuana Landscape Assessment

Town Administrator Chas Carey and Director of Public Health & Human Services Sigalle Reiss announce the release of Brookline's 2023 Marijuana Landscape Assessment, developed...

Brookline Department Of Public Health Launches Free Naloxone Distribution Program

The Brookline Department of Public Health and Human Services is pleased to announce that it will be providing free Naloxone to residents. Naloxone (Narcan) is...

Cooling Center Information And & Weather Safety Tips Amid Heat Emergency

The Brookline Department of Public Health and Human Services has declared a Heat Emergency effective Thursday, July 27 through Saturday, July 29, 2023, and...

Brookline Department Of Public Health & Human Services To Host Rabies...

Brookline Department of Public Health and Human Services is partnering with VCA Animal Hospital in Brookline for a Rabies and Microchip clinic that will...

Town Of Brookline Encourages Residents To Be Safe & Ready For...

September is Emergency Preparedness Month, and Chief John F. Sullivan and the Brookline Office of Emergency Management (OEM) would like to provide residents with...

Mosquitoes I Brookline Test Positive Gor West Nile Virus; Community...

Health Director Sigalle Reiss and the Brookline Department of Public Health report that the Massachusetts Department of Public Health detected West Nile Virus (WNV)...

Supreme Judicial Court Affirms Dismissal Of Tobacco Industry’s Challenge, Upholds Brookline’s...

In a win for health and wellness advocates and for the vitality and importance of municipal government, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has upheld...

Town Of Brookline Launches Community Health Assessment & Improvement Planning Process

Commissioner of Public Health Sigalle Reiss announces that the Brookline Department of Public Health & Human Services has recently launched a Community Health Assessment...

New Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services Canteen Truck Enters Service For...

A new canteen truck staffed by trained Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) responders from the Massachusetts Division will enter into service next week...

The Friends Of Brookline Public Health Announce Award Recipients

The Friends of Brookline Public Health are pleased to announce the recipients of two awards – the Alan Balsam Public Health Leadership Award and...

Brookline Residents Invited To Participate In Human Services Resident Survey

The Brookline Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) invites residents to participate in a Human Services Resident Survey. The survey aims to gain...