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FILE - COVID-19 antigen home tests indicating a positive result are photographed in New York,...

Orders for free COVID-19 tests start Monday

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 7:42 AM CDT
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By Aisha Morales
The government says the tests you have at home might be expired.

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Dane County Jail suspends visitation among high Covid numbers

Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 8:44 PM CDT
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By Benjamin Cadigan
According to Dane County Sheriff’s Office officials, the jail currently has 49 Covid-positive residents.

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Health officials look beyond the COVID emergency and at what’s next

Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 2:23 PM CDT
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By Tim Elliott
The COVID-19 emergency declaration ends on Thursday. But that doesn’t mean the virus just magically goes away. In fact, health officials still want people to stay vigilant.

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Madison room tax revenue makes a pandemic comeback

Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 10:41 PM CDT
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By Elizabeth Wadas
The covid 19 emergency may be ending, but Madison businesses are still feeling the lasting effects. But there are signs pointing to a pandemic comeback.

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Janel Heinrich, PHMDC director, on May 13, 2020 broadcast of NBC15 News at 10.

Leading those first days of the COVID-19 pandemic

Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 5:32 PM CDT
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By Michelle Baik
“Vividly. So vividly.” It’s how Public Health Madison & Dane Co. director Janel Heinrich remembers a date now more than three years ago, when health officials confirmed the first case of the coronavirus in Wisconsin.

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UW Health and UnityPoint Meriter announce masks will no longer be required at clinics and in...

UW Health, UnityPoint- Meriter nix mask mandates in many places

Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 5:31 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
They still will be required in some parts of the hospitals.

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Wisconsin DHS begins its COVID-19 wind down

Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 1:48 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
State health officials outlined in greater detail this week the change in store as it draws back its response efforts next month.

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Dane Co. ending COVID-19 summaries as Public Health Emergency ends

Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 5:17 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
Regular updates on the COVID-19 pandemic in Dane County are winding down.

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(FILE) Public Health Madison and Dane Co. office on S. Park St.

Dane Co. community COVID-19 testing clinic closing next month

Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 8:36 AM CST
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By Nick Viviani
On Thursday, Public Health Madison & Dane Co. revealed the clinic would shut down on April 14.

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Every month Wisconsin households can order a kit containing five COVID-19 tests.

New program offers free COVID-19 tests every month

Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 1:05 PM CST
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By Nick Viviani
Every month Wisconsin households can order a kit containing five COVID-19 tests.
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Inside Wisconsin’s investigation of ‘Center for COVID Control’

Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 6:37 PM CDT
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By Michelle Baik
A coronavirus testing center scrutinized nationwide for its testing practices has paid a $22,500 fine in Dane County, a state official said Tuesday.

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Dane Co. drops to low levels of COVID-19 community levels

Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 2:27 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
DHS confirmed 930 new COVID-19 cases Friday in Wisconsin, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic up to 1,643,442.

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Free at home COVID tests and booster shots available

Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 12:49 PM CDT
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By Honor Milton
COVID at-home tests and booster shots are available at no out-of-pocket cost.

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More than 28,000 of Wisconsin’s youngest children receive first COVID-19 shot

Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 4:24 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
Around 5.6% (27,441) of those ages 5-11 have received a booster shot.

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Dane Co. health officials expand availability for updated COVID-19 boosters

Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 9:27 AM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
PHMDC offers the Pfizer version of the bivalent boosters at several mobile clinics, the South Madison office and its East Washington office.

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Updated COVID-19 boosters arrive in Dane Co.

Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 6:37 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
The agency currently only has Pfizer versions and is waiting on the Moderna ones to arrive.

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Wisconsin’s new COVID-19 case average falls below 1,000

Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 4:06 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
The seven-day rolling average has not been this low since April.

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Dane Co. health officials await updated COVID-19 booster shipment

Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 3:41 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
Some pharmacies, including Hy-Vee, already have limited amounts of the bivalent booster available.

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Dane Co. falls to low COVID-19 community levels

Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 12:28 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
Dane and many surrounding counties fell to low community COVID-19 levels in the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention weekly report.

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Wisconsin health systems remind patients of COVID-19 protocols in place

Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 2:21 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
Health systems across south central Wisconsin are reminding patients that COVID-19 safety protocols are still in effect at multiple facilities as conditions continue to evolve.

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DHS: Low COVID-19 community levels jump in southern Wisconsin

Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 3:22 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
The tick-tock of Dane and other nearby counties bouncing between high COVID-19 community levels and medium ones saw them land once again in the latter column.

Back To School

Indoor mask-wearing to remain optional in MMSD schools

Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 4:07 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
MMSD encourages the use of wearing masks inside school buildings and on buses, but will not be requiring them.

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Reinfections make up over 1 in 7 COVID-19 cases in Dane Co., PHMDC reports

Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 2:41 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
Dane Co. public health officials are also now offering anyone needing their first COVID-19 vaccine shots a fourth option.

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Wisconsin marks 10 million vaccine doses delivered

Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 11:29 AM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
The Department of Health Services celebrated the accomplishment Monday, tweeting “Wow!”

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COVID-19 vaccination figures for youngest Wisconsinites released

Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 5:21 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
The agency is offering a first glimpse of how many parents have opted to take their kids for that first shot.

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26 Wisconsin counties now seeing high COVID-19 community levels

Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 4:17 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
Columbia, Dane, and Rock counties form the eastern edge of a block of high activity counties that stretch west to Grant and Crawford counties.

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Wisconsin’s COVID-19 rates remain higher for unvaccinated, new DHS numbers show

Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 4:49 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
Case rates for unvaccinated and boosted are still very close, while the not boosted figure is much lower.

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Average COVID-19 in Wisconsin cases push past 1,700 per day

Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 2:27 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
The average for new, confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin continued its upward climb over the weekend.

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High COVID-19 levels sweep southern Wisconsin, including Dane Co.

Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 8:49 AM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
The latest Dept. of Health Services weekly update moved Dane Co. into the high column – and it wasn’t alone among its neighboring states.

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COVID-19 variant not seen in humans found in Dane Co. wastewater

Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 4:26 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
A COVID-19 variant never seen before in humans has surfaced in Dane Co. and now state and local health officials are trying to see if it is affecting people here.

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COVID-19 case count tops 2,000 Wednesday in Wisconsin

Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 4:42 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
Health officials have confirmed 1,548,630 COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin since the start of the pandemic.

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Hy-Vee to offer test-to-treat COVID-19 services

Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 9:48 PM CDT
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By Gillian Rawling
Hy-Vee pharmacies are offering test-to-treat COVID-19 services to help treat mild cases of the virus as numbers continue to rise in Wisconsin, Hy-Vee Inc. announced.

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After holiday dip, Wisconsin COVID-19 cases find new level

Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 2:48 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
New COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin may have found a new level. For the past week now, the seven-day rolling-average has remained in the neighborhood of 1,600 confirmed cases per day, the latest Department of Health Services data show.

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Wisconsin counties with High COVID-19 levels jumps from 1 to 14

Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 10:17 AM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
The number of counties in Wisconsin experiencing high levels of COVID-19 community levels exploded in the past week, surging from just a single one last Friday to fourteen now.

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Average COVID-19 case count in Wisconsin soars past 1,500

Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 7:09 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
There have been 1,746,344 cases confirmed in Wisconsin since the start of the pandemic.

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Ten Royals players not making trip to Toronto for not having COVID vaccination

Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 4:18 PM CDT
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By Greg Dailey
Players include Andrew Benintendi, Hunter Dozier and M.J. Melendez.

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Average COVID-19 cases jumps back above 1,400 per day

Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 4:27 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
The average number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases recorded every day in Wisconsin just made its single biggest one-day jump since the most recent surge of positive tests.

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New COVID-19 case average ticking up slowly

Updated: Jul. 11, 2022 at 2:57 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
The relatively steep decline in the seven-day rolling-average for new, confirmed COVID-19 cases has been nearly erased.

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COVID-19 Vaccine clinic to be held at Beloit Farmer’s Market

Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 5:55 PM CDT
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By Elizabeth Karnowski
AMI will be providing vaccines this Saturday at the market

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Dane Co. stuck at Medium as more counties drop to low COVID-19 levels

Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 3:42 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
Just a single county, Florence Co., which borders the Upper Peninsula, was rated as having high levels.

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Remote COVID-19 patient monitoring provides positive outcomes, study finds

Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 8:59 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
The study found that those who activated remote patient monitoring had a 32% lower rate of being hospitalized.

Coronavirus

COVID-19 case average takes biggest drop in weeks

Updated: Jul. 5, 2022 at 3:18 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
According to the agency’s numbers, the average fell to 1,309 cases per day over the past week. I

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DHS: Only 2 Wisconsin counties still have high COVID-19 activity

Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 1:39 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
Fifty-three counties now fall into the low category.

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New COVID-19 case average falls below 1,400 per day in Wisconsin

Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 4:25 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
The seven-day rolling-average slipped below 1,400 cases per day on Tuesday and settled at the lowest point in nearly two months, new Dept. of Health Services numbers show.

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The average for COVID-19 cases has barely moved in 11 days

Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 4:01 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
The most recent Dept. of Health Services daily report showed fewer cases recorded over the past day than any time since the very beginning of May.

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5 Wisconsin counties indicate high COVID-19 community levels

Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 10:26 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
This leaves 24 Wisconsin counties at medium levels and 43 at low.

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DHS COVID-19 illness after vaccination data show increased numbers for May

Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 10:26 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
The rate at which Wisconsinites got COVID-19 last month, regardless of their vaccination status, increased for the month of May compared to the previous month.

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UW Health experts recommend stress management over

Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 7:57 PM CDT
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By Gillian Rawling
UW Health Kids experts say that this summer is the perfect time to call attention to kids that may be dealing with lasting stress from the pandemic, and have provided a few tips for parents that have some free time with their children, UW Health Kids stated.

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MMSD, SSM Health host vaccination event for students over 5

Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 7:21 PM CDT
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By Gillian Rawling
Madison Metropolitan School District is partnering with SSM Health to host a vaccination event for students five years and older for a one-day event at Lincoln Elementary School Thursday.

State

Second half of COVID-19 relief funding paid to Wisconsin communities

Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 7:41 PM CDT
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By Gillian Rawling
The Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) distributed the second payment of American Rescue Plan Act to more than 1,800 Wisconsin communities Tuesday, the DOR released earlier today.
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