The University of Wisconsin System’s drive to ensure that vaccination rates at each of its universities surpass the 70 percent mark leaped forward Friday.
The Fond du Lac Police Dept. paid tribute to one of its officers who succumbed recently to complications related to COVID-19 and had passed away just a day after his second child was born.
Crossing parties, nearly two-thirds of independents felt the pandemic was still a serious problem where they lived, while 9 in 10 Democrats expressed similar reservations.
District spokesperson Tim LeMonds noted that each school will be notified “in the coming days” to let them know what homecoming activities they will be offered.
State health officials say with less social distancing comes more COVID-19 cases. This means the role of contact tracing has become even more important. Many local health departments are in need of more help tracking the spread of COVID-19 in their communities to ensure those who have been exposed are notified.
Nearly one month since area students returned to their classrooms, Dane County public health officials are tracking changes in the level of infection among children.
Tommy Thompson noted that 85% of the undergraduate courses across the UW System are being taught in-person, which surpasses his 75% goal set in February.
A Beaver Dam Unified School Board member has resigned, citing safety concerns over his support for mandating masks for students in the district’s schools.
Pfizer announced that its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for children ages 5-11, a promising step in the race to protect kids from the rapidly spreading Delta variant.
An analysis of CDC data found approximately 46 percent of adolescents in the United States who are currently eligible to receive the vaccine are already fully vaccinated.
The gap in COVID-19 hospitalization and death rates between those who are fully vaccinated and those who are not for people living in Dane Co. roughly doubles what is being seen in the rest of the state, new numbers show.
As COVID-19 cases continue to soar here in Wisconsin, two counties have reached levels of COVID-19 so high that the state’s top health agency had to bring back a category not used in eight months.
After issuing an advisory noting that fake vaccines are a federal crime, the Department of Health Services say it is now investigating “a number” of complaints about the making, selling and buying of fake COVID-19 vaccine cards across Wisconsin.
Wisconsin’s nursing homes are seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases. Nursing home officials point to the highly contagious delta variant as the source of these breakthrough infections and say most residents only experience mild symptoms. Another topic of concern is nursing home staff vaccination rates.
