Natrona County Health Department

Mock Biological Disaster Exercise To Prime Wyoming Responders
Mock Biological Disaster Exercise To Prime Wyoming Responders
Mock Biological Disaster Exercise To Prime Wyoming Responders
"Operation Prairie Eagle" takes flight Friday around noon as state and federal agencies participate in a mock biological disaster requiring mass distribution of medical supplies. Natrona County Health Department Director, Bob Harrington, says its an exercise that involves accessing the Strategic National Stockpile from the Centers for Disease Control...
‘Spice’ Sickens Five In Casper
‘Spice’ Sickens Five In Casper
‘Spice’ Sickens Five In Casper
Three people admitted to hospital in Casper for kidney failure Thursday are believed to have been sickened by the drug known as Spice. The Natrona County Health Department first notified the Casper Police Department of the first three incidents...
Free HIV Testing On World Aids Day
Free HIV Testing On World Aids Day
Free HIV Testing On World Aids Day
World Aids Day is Thursday December 1st and in recognition the Casper-Natrona County Health Department offers FREE Rapid HIV Testing. Trina Soper, public health nurse for the Natrona County Health Department, says 1 in 5 people are infected and don't know it and she says in Wyoming people are less likely to get tested...
Two Rabid Bats Confirmed In Casper
Two Rabid Bats Confirmed In Casper
Two Rabid Bats Confirmed In Casper
Following two confirmed incidents of people exposed to rabid bats in the Casper area, health department officials are on the alert. Natrona County Health Department Director, Bob Harrington says in one case the bat was found in the dirt in an area where children play, "and because those children couldn't be certain whether or not they touched the bat one of the children is now undergoing po
Flood Waters May Be Nasty Waters
Flood Waters May Be Nasty Waters
Flood Waters May Be Nasty Waters
As river levels approach flood stage in Natrona County Health Department officials remind everyone there are some really good reasons to stay out of the flood waters. "Flood waters are dirty. You see the videos on the news after a flood and there's always mud and slime every where. It's full of all kinds of nasty things that you don't want to be involved with." Natrona County Health Depa
Limited Sandbag Distribution Starts Saturday
Limited Sandbag Distribution Starts Saturday
Limited Sandbag Distribution Starts Saturday
Melting headwaters are a dynamic moving target that Bureau of Reclamation Supervisor, John Lawson, hopes to control over the next six weeks. An emergency flood management meeting Monday was packed as Lawson shared projections on flow scenarios; the worst being more precipitation falling on the record snow-pack that has yet to melt.