Local Health

• Area health departments flooded with calls following 65 and older vaccination announcement
• Milwaukee to begin vaccinating people 65 and older at Wisconsin Center next week
• Wisconsin COVID-19 case count updates
• City of Milwaukee expands COVID-19 testing to children as young as 1 year old
• Wisconsin residents 65 and older eligible for COVID-19 vaccine beginning Jan. 25
• Milwaukee securing thousands more COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks as new strain emerges
• UW-Madison to test students twice a week with new saliva-based COVID test
• Wisconsin DHS Secretary-designee Andrea Palm to join Biden administration
• 'A super day': 500 veterans vaccinated against COVID-19 at Milwaukee VA walk-in clinic
• Area pharmacies in need of more staff amid vaccine rollout at long-term care facilities
• Gov. Evers to extend mask mandate, announces launch of mobile vaccination clinics
• Meijer opens up COVID-19 vaccination registration to Milwaukee-area residents
• UW-Madison: Researchers develop tool to help with equitable distribution of vaccine
• Janesville teachers to receive vaccine ahead of schedule
• Milwaukee VA offering walk-in clinic for veterans 65 and older to get COVID vaccine
• Republican lawmakers say Wisconsin's vaccine rollout is slow, 'unacceptable'
• Mayor Barrett appoints Kirsten Johnson as city's new commissioner of health
• Milwaukee VA expands COVID-19 vaccinations to those 65 and older
• Gov. Evers, DHS announce nearly $9 million in grant awards for drug treatment services
• COVID-19 variant 1st found in UK now detected in Wisconsin
• Moderna says COVID-19 vaccine protection expected to last at least a year
• Milwaukee ethics committee hiring outside investigator as part of investigation into FPC commissioner
• 'This is a huge step': COVID-19 vaccine site opens at Wisconsin Center
• Feds call for expanded vaccine eligibility to speed up rollout, Wisconsin reviewing next steps
• Racquet sports make it easier to get in the game during a pandemic
• WI health leaders say state needs more vaccines, general public vaccinations may start late spring
• Wisconsin police and fire personnel eligible for COVID-19 vaccine beginning Jan. 18
• 'I was a little dizzy': Wisconsin Lutheran basketball player recovering after collapsing during Saturday game
• Five cases of the COVID-19 variant found in Minnesota
• Wisconsin reports 3,046 new COVID-19 cases, 36 more deaths
• 'Stop the violence': Milwaukee committed to fewer shootings, homicides in 2021 after unprecedented year
• Even with a COVID-19 vaccine rollout, both Wisconsin and the U.S. are reaching grim milestones
• Milwaukee to receive hundreds of vaccine doses; Wisconsin Center to open as distribution hub
• City of Milwaukee frontline health workers and fire department begin vaccination process
• Chance of a "Life Time" -- Workout for a better body and mind in 2021
• Leaders work to expedite arrival of COVID-19 vaccine in city of Milwaukee
• Kenosha County COVID-19 testing site announces changes
• 'He was supposed to help people': Grafton neighbor shocked by arrest of former Aurora pharmacist
• UW Health doctor reflects on Coronavirus pandemic -- and all of 2020 -- ahead of new year
• Pharmacist arrested, accused of intentionally tampering with COVID-19 vaccines
• Assembly Democrats concerned about lack of mask requirement, virtual options for upcoming session
• Gov. Evers urges Wisconsinites to take care of mental health during holidays
• Kenosha County distributes COVID-19 vaccine to frontline workers
• Doctors fear post-holiday surge coming after heavy travel weekend
• Steil, Baldwin team up for bipartisan effort to get transparency on vaccine distribution from state, federal governments
• 'We need people to get tested': Milwaukee Co. leaders push COVID-19 testing after numbers drop around holiday
• Health officials concerned over COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in minority communities
• CVS starts COVID-19 vaccinations in long-term care facilities, as part of state pharmacy program
• City of Milwaukee announces mobile COVID-19 testing sites targeting 'hard-hit' areas
• Gov. Evers announces start of on-site COVID-19 vaccinations at long-term care facilities
• Nearly 500 doses of Covid-19 vaccine tossed out at Grafton clinic due to 'human error'
• UW System's COVID-19 'surge testing' sites extended until mid-January
• UW Health: If you've traveled over the holidays, you need to quarantine
• Wisconsin officials report nearly 2,800 new COVID cases
• From an expert: Tips to relieve holiday stress
• Wisconsin records 2,579 more COVID-19 cases, 69 more deaths
• Versiti hosting 20th Annual Season of Giving Blood Drive Dec. 28-29
• There's an emergency need for blood and plasma donations -- here's how you can help
• How state and health officials are keeping track of COVID-19 vaccines
• Grocers, teachers, first responders? Subcommittee discusses who could be next to get COVID-19 shots
• COVID-19 vaccine will be covered for all Wisconsinites, state insurance commissioner says
• Wisconsin to offer at-home COVID-19 testing option
• These Wisconsin Covid-19 testing sites will NOT be open during the holiday season
• Area doctors say vaccines still effective against new coronavirus strains
• Wisconsin to receive first shipment of Moderna vaccine this week
• Wisconsin reports more than 1,800 new virus cases, 18 deaths
• 2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US ships out
• Wisconsin nears 4,400 virus deaths; 84 reported Saturday
• Differences between Moderna and Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccines
• New app will send Wisconsinites alert if in close contact with positive COVID case
• 8 nuns die of COVID-19 in last week at Wisconsin convent
• Outpatient infusion clinic opening for COVID-19 patients in West Allis
• Health officials determining who's next in line for COVID-19 vaccine after frontline health workers, nursing homes
• 'Hope is on the horizon': More than 1,000 Wisconsin health workers receive first COVID-19 shot
• Milwaukee VA begins vaccinating health care workers
• Local pharmacists get certified to give immunizations as COVID-19 vaccine rollout begins
• 192 Wisconsinites vaccinated against COVID-19; more doses expected in the coming weeks
• Health officials say Milwaukee County could see vaccinations for general public by late spring
• Rep. Bowen donates plasma to Versiti Blood Center, encourages other COVID survivors to do the same
• ‘Light at the end of this long and dark tunnel’: Health care workers, leaders reflect on arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in Wisconsin
• Gov. Evers: DHS activated federal government's pharmacy distribution program for Covid-19 vaccine
• Report: Wisconsin ranks 15th for Covid-19 vaccine distribution
• Milwaukee VA expected to receive 65K Covid-19 vaccine doses this month
• Wisconsin National Guard to continue Covid-19 specimen collection into 2021
• UW Health receives first shipment of Covid-19 vaccine
• Kids in Milwaukee County's minority groups disproportionately affected by COVID-19 hospitalizations
• Medical leaders work to make sure all priority health care professionals get COVID-19 vaccine
• Testing numbers down in Wisconsin, state health officials concerned
• Doctors say more than 70-percent of people need to get COVID-19 vaccine for community protection
• Who will be first in Wisconsin to get the COVID-19 vaccines?
• Wisconsin pharmacies prepare for coronavirus vaccine distribution ahead of FDA approval
• Doctors say the next two months will be a dark time with COVID-19 deaths reaching 3,000 daily in January
• When will Wisconsin go 'back to normal'? State leaders say late summer, fall is their best guess
• As Wisconsin waits for COVID-19 vaccine, health leaders answer questions on timeline, side effect
• Wisconsin and the nation brace for post holiday surge
• Employers can require you to take COVID vaccine
• Weekly data show COVID-19 leads cause of death in the U.S. beating heart disease
• ‘Every day we delay, more lives are going to be lost’: Health leaders echo Evers’ call for WI to be priority for vaccine distribution
• DHS: Revised quarantine time for close contacts will go into effect Dec. 7
• Inside a COVID unit at University Hospital