The Board of Health voted to adopt updated indoor tanning technical standards to reflect a change in state law affecting 17-year-olds and will later propose ordinance edits to the city council; staff noted three regulated tanning facilities in Norwalk.

At its Nov. 25 meeting the Norwalk Board of Health heard an epidemiology update from health department staff warning of a seasonal rise in respiratory illnesses around Thanksgiving, noting an H3N2 subclade and national measles figures; the department urged vaccination and usual precautions.