Health Alerts & Upcoming Events

World AIDS Day 2023 - December 1st

For #WorldAIDSDay this year, the Englewood Health Department has teamed up with The Shirvan Family Live Well Center & Women's Rights Information Center to provide information and free HIV testing to our community in two separate locations through Team Management 2000 & Buddies of NJ.


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City of Englewood, NJ Recognizes November as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month


  • More than 90% of pancreatic cancer cases are pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC). These tumors develop in the exocrine tissue of the pancreas, which makes digestive enzymes. 
  • The less common pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), develop in hormone-producing endocrine cells, or islet cells. Neuroendocrine tumors often have a better prognosis and younger median age of diagnosis. 
  • Pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate of all major cancers. It is currently the 3rd leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States after lung and colon. 
  • In 2023 an estimated 64,050 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the U.S., and more than 50,550 will die from the disease. 
  • For all stages combined, the 5-year relative survival rate is 12%

Learn more here.

Source: American Cancer Society

Congenital Syphilis 

Recently, there has been a sharp increase in the number of babies born with syphilis in the United States. Protect your baby from congenital syphilis by getting tested for syphilis during your pregnancy. Learn more: https://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/stdfact-congenital-syphilis.htm