A spokesperson for the city Medical Examiner’s Office said that Kayden died of “blunt-impact injuries of the head,” and that Mancuso hanged himself.
By Julie Shaw
Year: 2018
Lafferty Obituary
“The Medical Examiner’s Office has not made a ruling, and it’s listed as pending investigation,” emailed James Garrow, spokesperson for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, which includes the coroner’s office.
By Bonnie Cook
“Dog Days” Heat Wave Update
So far the city has reported just one heat-related death, James Garrow, spokesperson for the Health Department, affirmed Monday.
By Anthony Wood
FDR Park Mosquito Spray, August 6, 2018
PHILADELPHIA–Weather permitting, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s Vector Control staff is planning to apply treatments to control adult mosquitoes after 9 p.m. Monday evening, August 6th, in FDR Park in South Philadelphia.
https://mailchi.mp/phila.gov/pdph-announces-mosquito-spraying-in-fdr-park-08062018
Pitbull Attacks
Office spokesperson James Garrow said an autopsy Friday morning determined that the death was “accidental” and resulted from “multiple blunt and penetrating injuries.”
By Julie Shaw
Treating Opioids Addiction in Prison
Of the 2,522 people who died after their release from city prisons between 2010 and 2016, a third died of overdoses, according to a city health department study published in the scientific journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence this month. And former inmates were particularly at risk in the first two weeks after their release. (It’s too early to tell whether the new buprenorphine program has had an effect on overdoses among former inmates, prison officials said.)
By Aubrey Whelan
August Vegetables in Season
West Nile Virus and Mosquitoes
Everyone knows that familiar buzzing sound. Everyone knows that awful itch that only gets better for like a second before it comes back even worse.
MOSQUITOES: the bane of every summer.
While we might not like mosquitoes, they are actually a lot more than just annoying. They are actually disease spreaders. That’s right, they can get you sick.
https://beta.phila.gov/2018-07-31-mosquitoes-are-more-than-just-annoying/
July 20 – 21, 2018 Overdose Cluster 3
The health department reported additional test results late Friday on drug packets related to last weekend’s overdose spike, concluding, “The Department of Public Health now believes that 5F-ADB was the primary cause of the cluster of patients with these adverse drug reactions.”
https://whyy.org/articles/synthetic-marijuana-detected-in-drug-sample-from-philly-overdose-spike/
By Joel Wolfram
Pizza Restaurant Complaints 2
A representative for the city’s Department of Public Health told the outlet that the restaurant was indeed visited on Monday, but the “sanitarian” was unable to contact an inspection as it had already closed.
“Our sanitarian spoke with the owner and confirmed that this establishment will be inspected when they re-open,” said James Garrow of the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Public Health.
By Michael Bartiromo
The Collected Works of Jim Garrow 