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Health director reports falling hepatitis and overdose visits, WIC award and environmental‑health hiring challenges
Summary
Burke County Public Health reported reductions in hepatitis A and overdose emergency visits, a USDA Gold Award for WIC, rapid turnaround in vital records and a temporary backlog in environmental‑health inspections while new hires train; the board accepted the quarterly report.
Burke County Public Health Director Danny Scalise told the Board of Commissioners that the department’s recent work shows marked public‑health wins and operational pressures.
Scalise said county hepatitis A incidence fell from the very high rate the county had when he was hired to effectively zero in recent reporting, attributing improvements to harm‑reduction and education efforts. He said other sexually transmitted and blood‑borne infection trends (chlamydia, gonorrhea, hepatitis B and C) are also moving in a favorable direction and that overdose…
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