Local Health

• With fall allergy season underway, expert offers advice for keeping home clean
• Wisconsin COVID-19 case count updates
• Glendale Police Department participates in national prescription drug take back day
• The New York Times: Nine of nation's top 20 coronavirus metros are in Wisconsin
• Dr. Birx: Wisconsin’s coronavirus trends are ‘deeply concerning’
• Dietitian shares nutrient-rich ‘first food’ recipes for babies and toddlers
• COVID-19 deaths and disease disproportionately affecting certain population groups in the area
• State health officials say COVID-19 is everywhere in the state and it's spreading silently
• 'Critical timeframe:' Red Cross asking for blood donations amid pandemic, ahead of flu season
• Milwaukee mayor not saying whether restrictions will be added back for businesses, bars, restaurants
• Milwaukee offering free shuttles to Miller Park COVID-19 testing site
• Tigerlily Foundation works to empower young women impacted by breast cancer
• Doctors ask people avoid having small indoor gatherings as holidays approach
• BBB: Be on the lookout for Medicare scams during open enrollment
• Surge in virus cases poses potential problems for Wisconsin's hospital workforce, PPE
• Wisconsin hits daily high for positive COVID-19 cases for third time this week
• Wisconsin sets daily record for virus cases, again
• Medicare annual open enrollment period begins; expert offers tips for seniors
• New report finds HIV diagnoses continue to grow in Latinx community
• Here are your must-do kitchen cleanup tips according to experts
• Opioid epidemic continues on top of Covid-19 pandemic, here is what an expert says needs to be done
• Despite growing coronavirus cases and deaths, state lawmakers remain stuck on response
• Researchers project COVID-19 case increase in nearly every WI county through October
• Wisconsin reports 18 more COVID-19 deaths as cases surge
• COVID-19 spike in Green Bay could force new patients to Milwaukee hospitals
• Evers 'concerned' by Milwaukee's decision not to enforce 25% capacity mandate for restaurants, bars
• As coronavirus cases increase statewide, Milwaukee health leaders prepare for patient surge
• Sheboygan County struggles to contain coronavirus as cases surge
• 'We're not surviving': Business owners worry about operating at 25% capacity; medical groups support Evers' efforts
• City of Milwaukee not supporting trick-or-treating this Halloween due to COVID-19 concerns
• Here's how Milwaukee residents can receive free flu shots in October
• Players, coaches quarantine after someone affiliated with Kenosha Nationals Baseball Club tests positive for COVID-19
• Doctors urge women to reschedule mammography screenings postponed due to coronavirus
• 'Life is a risk': Sen. Johnson asymptomatic, still opposes mask mandates after testing positive for COVID-19
• Local economic experts say President Trump's diagnosis means 'uncertainty' for stocks, country's financial future
• Research findings show potential promise for slowing down ALS
• Doctors say cold weather brings number of problems in combating COVID-19 as cases continue to surge
• Doctors say COVID-19 case counts in Wisconsin will get worse before improving
• Wisconsin teachers' unions demand all schools shift to virtual learning, call on DHS to issue order
• Menomonee Falls school district to install needlepoint bipolar ionization technology to kill coronavirus
• Wisconsin reports highest number of Covid-19 hospitalizations on record
• Gov. Evers announces 33 appointments to Health Equity Council ahead of first meeting
• COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state are skyrocketing and Milwaukee County is seeing similar trends
• ‘We are in a crisis right now:’ State health leaders concerned over coronavirus surge
• 'It would work:' Infectious disease expert says following guidelines could stop state's COVID-19 surge
• Wisconsin tops 2,000 COVID-19 cases for 4th straight day
• Marquette students head home, despite university telling them to quarantine at Cobeen Hall
• COVID-19 hospitalizations reach all-time high in WI; officials warn of 'twin' pandemics during flu season
• Doctors warn against college students who want to contract COVID-19 to 'get it over with'
• Aurora Health Care offering free flu shots through end of October
• Wisconsin goes over 100,000 in positive COVID-19 tests
• Uptick in Legionnaires' disease seen in Sheboygan County
• Milwaukee city leaders stress importance of flu shots this season
• 42 Badger players, staff test positive for coronavirus
• Coronavirus cases at 19 schools in Washington and Ozaukee Counties
• Two students test positive for coronavirus at Indian Trail High School and Academy
• 'It was a frenzy': Marquette students scramble to quarantine, grad workers union blames university
• Doctor offers advice for navigating a prostate cancer diagnosis
• Area doctors say rise in COVID-19 cases shows Wisconsin heading in the wrong direction
• September marks National Cholesterol Education Month
• 'New territory for all of us': 35 Waukesha third graders in quarantine after positive case at elementary school
• COVID-19 drive-thru testing site opens at Festival Hall in Racine
• Wisconsin reports its first human death from EEE virus this year
• Wisconsin has seen a drop in COVID-19 testing, health officials hope to reverse trend
• State, local leaders say government is urging plan for vaccine distribution
• Milwaukee Health Commissioner Jeanette Kowalik resigns; 'I am limited due to factors that are out of my control'
• Local companies launch coronavirus antibody testing strip
• First human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus confirmed in Wisconsin
• Golfers brave heat to support 44th annual MACC Fund Open
• Duo set up outdoor community refrigerator to fight hunger, poverty on Milwaukee's north side
• Sheboygan County Board discusses controversial ordinance related to county health officer
• National Guard offers free COVID-19 testing at State Fair Park
• Newburg firefighters save one of their own after he suffers heart attack on call
• Milwaukee Co. supervisor calls for lifeguards, added safety after drownings at McKinley Beach
• Ascension Hospital's new clinic to open in Milwaukee's Third Ward
• In 6 months, Wisconsin's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 1,000
• National coronavirus testing kit shortage and disruptions in supply affect local hospitals
• A new nature-themed mural is coming to the Harbor District
• Cluster of positive COVID-19 cases tied to graduation parties in Mequon, Thiensville
• WEDC highlights 'We're All In' initiative to raise enthusiasm for virus protection
• The Parenting Network: Supporting self awareness during a pandemic
• Teachers’ unions continue pressure on Evers to order virtual start to school year
• Protestor donates wheelchair to friend who hopes to inspire others with disabilities
• Wisconsin's statewide mask order is now in effect; protestors, shoppers react
• UW-Milwaukee grad helps develop testing that would detect COVID-19 causing viruses in air and surfaces
• Wisconsinites, and visitors, react to new statewide mask mandate
• Here's everything you need to know about Wisconsin's statewide mask mandate
• FDA expands list of potentially deadly hand sanitizers
• DNC Committee release daily COVID-19 health protocols for convention attendees
• Red Cross seeks donations from recovered COVID-19 patients amid emergency plasma shortage
• Waukesha County hosts 2-day free COVID-19 drive-thru test site
• Area doctors see 84-percent increase in COVID-19 cases in 10 to 19-year-old age group
• Recent COVID-19 surge prompts Gov. Evers to urge use of face coverings
• Wisconsin opioid overdoses jump 117% since pandemic began
• Despite record-high of new COVID-19 cases, Wisconsin sees positive rate drop
• Waukesha County partners with Wisconsin National Guard for coronavirus drive-thru testing
• Milwaukee private schools thought they could offer in-person classes but now can't; 40K students await answers
• Amid temps feeling like the high 90s, cooling center opens and people find ways to stay cool
• Milwaukee businesses ask customers not to get upset with staff for mandating masks
• Milwaukee's Lake Michigan beaches post 'swim at your own risk' warnings