If it's been six months since your second Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 shot, or two months since your single dose of Johnson & Johnson, it might be time to boost your protection. de.gov/getmyvaccine

Get Your COVID-19 Booster

Jill Fredel, spokeswoman for the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, talks with 105.9's Rob Petree about six deaths from suspected overdoses in Delaware over five days and how the state is responding to this increasing need.

DHSS Spokeswoman on Suspected Overdose Deaths

Bill Leitzinger, administrator of the Delaware Healthy Homes program for the Division of Public Health, talks with TOM FM about the importance of Drug Take-Back Day. For a list of drop-off locations in Delaware from 10 am-2 pm Oct. 28:
http://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2017/takebackday_10182017.html

Importance of Delaware's Drug Take-Back Day

Delaware's Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro urges Delawareans to enroll on the Health Insurance Marketplace from now through Dec. 15. About 80% of Delawareans are eligible for financial assistance with their monthly premiums today. For more information, go to www.ChooseHealthDE.com

Sign Up on Delaware's Health Insurance Marketplace by Dec. 15

Delaware adults who became SNAP recipients on Feb. 1, 2016, are eligible to participate in free job training through Delaware WONDER, a federally funded initiative operated through DHSS. For more information, call 302-761-6794.

Delaware WONDER Radio Ad

Delaware's Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro urges Delawareans who need health insurance in 2019 to shop and enroll for coverage on Delaware's Health Insurance Marketplace between Nov. 1 and Dec. 15, 2018. For more information, go to www.ChooseHealthDE.com. To enroll, go to www.HealthCare.gov

Open Enrollment Nov. 1-Dec. 15 on Delaware's Health Insurance Marketplace

A Delaware mother, whose son is in active use of heroin, talks about the need for her and other parents to talk with specialists. The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services encourages parents to connect in one of three ways: call 1-855-DRUGFREE; text HopeDE to 55753; or visit drugfree.org/delaware

Addiction PSA: Talking Parent to Parent

During Human Trafficking Awareness Month, if you see something involving a child or anyone else, say something. If you suspect someone is being trafficked, call 911 or the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888.

What is Human Trafficking?

In an interview - in English and Spanish - with Maxima 95.3 FM's Kevin Andrade, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Dr. Kara Odom Walker, a practicing family physician, updates listeners on cases in Sussex County, why it's so important for essential employees who are sick to stay home, and how people can have their social service and medical needs met by calling Delaware 2-1-1.

Secretary Walker Talks with Maxima 95.3 FM about Coronavirus in Sussex County

With Narcan, you can turn an overdose into a chance at recovery. To learn where you can get Narcan, the medication that can reverse an opioid overdose, go to HelpIsHereDE.com:
https://www.helpisherede.com/Get-Help/Overdose-Prevention#WhereToGetNarcan

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