Welcome to the Wyoming Department of Health

Our mission is to promote, protect, and enhance the health of all Wyoming citizens. The Wyoming Department of Health is the primary state agency for providing health and human services. We administer programs maintaining the health and safety of all citizens of Wyoming and our primary approach in solving health problems is prevention.

 

	Eggs and Salmonella- There have been recent national news reports about egg recalls and a large salmonella outbreak. Some potentially affected eggs have been sold in Wyoming. However, at this time, no laboratory-confirmed salmonella cases associated with this large outbreak have been reported in the state to the Wyoming Department of Health. For more information about recalled eggs, please click here. For more information about salmonella and eggs, including how to lower your risk of illness, please click here.	Wyoming Department of Health Emergency Notification Line - For public health emergencies or to report immediately notifiable conditions, please call 1-888-996-9104. For information about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Wyoming Department of Health, please click here. For ozone alert health information, please click here. For international travel health information,please click here.
	Youth Suicide Prevention- The Wyoming Department of Health is working to reduce youth suicide deaths in the state by encouraging young people to both reach out and "let it out." The campaign's website offers information, conversation, contests and games. Thoughts of suicide are serious. Find someone who can help. Call 1-800-SUICIDE. Please click here to visit the department's site at amillionmilesfromanywhere.com
	Oral Health Initiative - The first comprehensive oral health study of Wyoming residents in more than 20 years, including a series of recommendations, was released recently by the Wyoming Department of Health and the Wyoming Dental Association. To read the report, please click here.