Posted on: February 25, 2021
The Kenosha County Division of Health is rebranding itself as Kenosha County Public Health, debuting a new logo, mission and vision, Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit announced today.
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Posted on: February 18, 2021
As of Wednesday, 50 percent of Kenosha County’s 65-and-over population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit announced.
Kenosha County reached this milestone in just three weeks since the State of Wisconsin...
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Posted on: January 26, 2021
A list of local providers of the COVID-19 vaccine is now included on the Kenosha County COVID-19 Response Hub Website, Kenosha County Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit announced today.
The list, to be updated frequently, includes names and locations of provi...
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Posted on: February 9, 2021
A call center is now available for people who do not have access to schedule COVID-19 vaccination appointments online, the Kenosha County Division of Health announced today.
Those unable to access the links to providers on the county’s COVID-19 Response Hu...
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Posted on: January 20, 2021
With the State of Wisconsin’s announcement Tuesday that all adults 65 and over will be eligible to begin receiving the COVID-19 vaccine next week, the Kenosha County Division of Health looks forward to announcing more information about the local distribut...
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Posted on: January 14, 2021
Individuals and organizations that fall within Tiers 1a and 1b of the COVID-19 vaccination schedule are now urged to fill out an online form to help link them with a local vaccine provider, Kenosha County Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit said today.
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Posted on: January 11, 2021
The Kenosha County Division of Health is offering free flu vaccinations to the public — while supplies last — courtesy of a donation from the Kenosha Fire Department.
Late last month, the department turned over more than 120 unneeded do...
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Posted on: November 12, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health is offering free radon test kits throughout January — Radon Action Month — to anyone who donates a nonperishable food item.
There is a limit of two kits per person. All food donations will go to loc...
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Posted on: January 2, 2021
Two changes to the COVID-19 testing landscape in Kenosha County took effect recently.
The Kenosha Community Health Center moved its drive-thru testing facility from Gateway Technical College to the former Chase Bank drive-thru at 5506 Seventh Ave. in downt...
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Posted on: December 30, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health is now helping to provide the COVID-19 vaccine to frontline health care personnel, with an initial emphasis on emergency medical services workers, Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit said today.
Freiheit said Kenosha Count...
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Posted on: December 15, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health is working actively with the Kenosha County Emergency Operations Center, health care providers and other partners to coordinate local distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Local health officials are following up on a p...
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Posted on: December 12, 2020
In response to community questions about COVID-19 quarantine protocols and testing processes, the Kenosha County Division of Health is providing the following Q&A reference for the community.
Kenosha County Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit reminds the c...
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Posted on: December 9, 2020
The Wisconsin National Guard’s weekly COVID-19 testing site in western Kenosha County is moving to a new location effective this Friday, Dec. 11.
Testing will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Salem Lakes Fire and Rescue Station No. 1, 11252 254th Court, Tr...
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Posted on: December 7, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health will support a new, shortened 10-day quarantine time for symptom-free individuals who have been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19, Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit said today.
Last week, the Centers for Dis...
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Posted on: November 19, 2020
The Kenosha Fire Department will be offering FREE COVID-19 testing on Wednesdays and Fridays through the end of the year beginning this Friday, Nov. 20, the department announced today.
Anyone who lives or works in Wisconsin, ages 5 and above, can be tested...
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Posted on: November 14, 2020
With cases of COVID-19 rising sharply in Kenosha County, local government and health leaders are imploring the community follow some fundamental health and safety recommendations.
As of Friday, Kenosha County had some 7,200 cumulative, confirmed cases of t...
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Posted on: November 11, 2020
In a new, public-private partnership, Modern Apothecary this week moved its COVID-19 testing site to the former Kenosha Fire Station No. 3, 2121 Roosevelt Road.
A locally owned, independent pharmacy, Modern Apothecary last month began offering fr...
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Posted on: November 9, 2020
Kenosha County Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit is strongly recommending that all schools within the county — K-12, colleges and universities — switch to virtual instruction only between Nov. 23 and Jan. 4.
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Posted on: October 28, 2020
The hours for COVID-19 testing that the Wisconsin National Guard is providing in Kenosha County will shift slightly, due to the impending end of Daylight Saving Time on Saturday night.
Beginning this Friday, Oct. 30, testing will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p...
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Posted on: October 16, 2020
A planned upgrade to a state computer system will cause an outage affecting COVID-19 reporting this weekend, the Kenosha County Division of Health announced today.
The Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System (WEDSS) will undergo several enhancemen...
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Posted on: October 13, 2020
A new, drive-thru COVID-19 testing opportunity is coming to Kenosha County beginning this Thursday, Oct. 15.
Locally owned, independent pharmacy Modern Apothecary will offer testing each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday through at least Nov. 15 in the parkin...
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Posted on: October 10, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health, in partnership with the Wisconsin National Guard, will offer free, drive-thru COVID-19 testing twice weekly throughout this fall.
Testing will be available each Monday, Oct. 12 through Dec. 7, at the Kenosha County Jo...
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Posted on: October 7, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health is strongly urging individuals and businesses to comply with the statewide public health emergency order that takes effect Thursday, Oct. 8, Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit said today.
The order by Gov. Tony Evers limi...
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Posted on: September 29, 2020
The Wisconsin National Guard will conduct free, drive-thru COVID-19 testing this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2 and 3, and Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 5 and 6, at the Kenosha County Job Center.
Testing will be offered from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on each of these days...
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Posted on: August 19, 2020
A case of COVID-19 has been confirmed at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, the Kenosha County Division of Health and UW-Parkside announced jointly today.
One staff member tested positive and is presently in isolation, per Wisconsin Department of Health ...
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Posted on: August 1, 2020
Free, drive-thru or walk-thru COVID-19 testing for the public will be offered Monday through Wednesday, Aug. 3-5 at Brass Community School in Kenosha.
This is the latest round of local testing by the Wisconsin National Guard, and the last one scheduled for...
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Posted on: July 28, 2020
The Kenosha County Opioid Task Force today released the following statement on what appears to be a more-dangerous-than-usual, potentially deadly supply of illicit drugs in our community:
“The Kenosha County Opioid Task Force has recently become ...
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Posted on: July 20, 2020
In light of a recent increase in COVID-19 testing locally, the Kenosha County Division of Health is reminding those who have been tested to self-quarantine until they receive their results.
A total of 1,992 people were tested Thursday through Saturday at a...
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Posted on: July 13, 2020
The Wisconsin National Guard is coming to the University of Wisconsin-Parkside this week to provide three days of free, drive-thru COVID-19 testing to the public.
Testing will be offered from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, July 16-18, in Park...
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Posted on: July 1, 2020
After a break in offering immunizations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kenosha County Division of Health will again offer all immunizations starting on Monday, July 6, 2020.
As a precautionary measure to protect the public and staff, the Division of Hea...
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Posted on: June 29, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health last week made changes to the COVID-19 data that it provides to the public, in an effort to better represent how the virus is affecting the community.
These changes were made to the Kenosha County Kickstart dashboard, ...
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Posted on: June 22, 2020
The Wisconsin National Guard will return to Kenosha County to conduct two days of drive-thru COVID-19 testing for the public this Tuesday and Wednesday, June 23 and 24.
This round of testing will occur outside the Kenosha Municipal Building, 625 52nd St.
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Posted on: June 10, 2020
The Kenosha Fire Department, Kenosha County Opioid Task Force, Kenosha County Office of the Medical Examiner and the Kenosha County Division of Health want to alert the public of a recent concentration of suspected opioid-related overdoses in the City of ...
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Posted on: June 3, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health and the Wisconsin National Guard will offer another drive-thru COVID-19 testing site this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 4, 5 and 6, at Tremper High School in Kenosha.
Anyone ages 5 and up can be tested, regardles...
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Posted on: May 30, 2020
Forty-five residents of a Kenosha long-term care facility have tested positive for COVID-19, with three fatalities, the Kenosha County Division of Health announced today.
These cases have occurred at Kenosha Estates Living and Care Center, a skilled nursin...
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Posted on: May 30, 2020
Known positive cases of COVID-19 have emerged at seven establishments in Kenosha County, the Division of Health announced today.
The Division of Health is disclosing the establishments in cooperation with the businesses, in an effort to slow the spread of ...
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Posted on: May 29, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health, in partnership with the Wisconsin National Guard, will offer a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site during the week of June 1 at Westosha Central High School in the Village of Paddock Lake.
Anyone ages 5 and up can be tes...
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Posted on: May 27, 2020
The City and County of Kenosha, in partnership with the Kenosha Area Business Alliance, today released the final draft of a plan to help guide businesses through the process of restarting operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kenosha County Kickstart of...
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Posted on: May 27, 2020
Six COVID-19-positive residents of a long-term care facility in the City of Kenosha have died in recent weeks, the Kenosha County Division of Health announced today.
The deaths occurred at The Bay at Sheridan Health and Rehabilitation Center, 8400 Sheridan...
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Posted on: May 15, 2020
Local officials today released a draft of a plan that outlines a series of best practices to help local businesses restart after the COVID-19 shutdown, while also promoting public health and safety.
The Kenosha County Kickstart plan includes recommendation...
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Posted on: May 14, 2020
In response to differing and updated legal guidance, Kenosha County is immediately withdrawing its local action that continued the provisions of the state’s Safer-at-Home Order, Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit announced tonight.
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Posted on: May 13, 2020
In response to today’s Wisconsin Supreme Court decision overturning the state’s Safer-at-Home Order, Kenosha County Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit tonight issued a local order continuing the regulations within the county until May 26....
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Posted on: May 13, 2020
An oversight committee charged with reviewing recommendations to reignite Kenosha County’s economy in the wake of COVID-19 will convene for the first time on Thursday.
The initiative, called “Kenosha County Kickstart,” strives...
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Posted on: May 13, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health is encouraging people who are seeking COVID-19 testing and have been otherwise unable to obtain it to utilize the no-appointment-needed, drive-thru sites now operating in Burlington and Milwaukee.
There is no charge fo...
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Posted on: May 8, 2020
In an effort to contain localized outbreaks of COVID-19, the Kenosha County Division of Health has partnered with the Wisconsin National Guard to conduct testing at select private employers.
This testing has occurred over the last week and may continue in ...
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Posted on: April 29, 2020
An effort to test a higher percentage of Kenosha County residents for COVID-19 began this morning, with the opening of a new, drive-thru testing site in a parking lot at Gateway Technical College’s Kenosha Campus.
A joint venture between the Keno...
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Posted on: April 27, 2020
The Kenosha Community Health Center, in cooperation with the Kenosha County Division of Health and Gateway Technical College, will open a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site later this week.
This site will be available to patients who have been selected by he...
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Posted on: April 27, 2020
Members of the Wisconsin National Guard will be coming to Kenosha County this week to assist with COVID-19 testing at the Kenosha County Detention Center and Pretrial Facility.
All inmates and employees at these facilities are being tested in an effort to ...
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Posted on: April 25, 2020
A projection model used by the Kenosha County Division of Health suggests that current public health measures are “flattening the curve” and continued social distancing would significantly reduce total infections and hospitalizations l...
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Posted on: April 25, 2020
The Kenosha County Joint Information Center this week is presenting the fifth in its ongoing series answering the community’s questions about COVID-19.
The Kenosha County Division of Health is accepting questions by email at COVID19@kenoshacounty...
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Posted on: April 22, 2020
Kenosha County residents are embracing using the 2-1-1 system as a pipeline to information and resources related to COVID-19.
Among Wisconsin’s counties that are using the system, Kenosha County ranks second behind only Milwaukee County in terms ...
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Posted on: April 20, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health is in need of donations of cloth masks and gowns.
Masks are being dropped off to residents who test positive for COVID-19 and their close contacts.
Cloth masks and gowns are also needed for long-term care and assisted l...
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Posted on: April 13, 2020
Kenosha County now has its first confirmed cases of COVID-19 in a long-term care facility, the Division of Health announced today.
The cases involve five residents and two employees of Parkside Manor, 6300 67th St., in Kenosha. These individuals are not ho...
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Posted on: April 8, 2020
Note: This news release has been updated to reflect Gov. Tony Evers’ announcement Friday that worship services in parking lots, in which attendees remain in their vehicles, are permitted under the Stay-at-Home order.
As Passover begins today and ...
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Posted on: April 6, 2020
Kenosha County Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit is encouraging the public to follow a recent federal recommendation, urging people to wear a cloth face covering in public settings where social distancing measures are difficult to maintain.
The Centers for D...
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Posted on: April 4, 2020
Kenosha County officials regret to announce today that the first Kenosha County resident has died from complications of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Kenosha County Medical Examiner Patrice Hall said the deceased individual is an 85-year-o...
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Posted on: March 28, 2020
In the interest of providing answers to the community’s most frequently asked questions about COVID-19, the Kenosha County Joint Information Center has implemented a question-and-answer program.
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Posted on: March 24, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health would like to remind citizens of the following with regard to to getting tested for COVID-19:
Under guidelines from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, you will be given priority for testing if you ...
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Posted on: March 18, 2020
Due to a national shortage of COVID-19 laboratory testing materials, the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene and the Milwaukee Health Department Laboratory are limiting testing to the highest-priority patients and health care workers.
This guideline, ann...
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Posted on: March 16, 2020
The first confirmed case of COVID-19 (coronavirus) has been recorded by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, the Kenosha County Division of Health reported today.
The infected individual is a 59-year-old female with no travel history.
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Posted on: March 12, 2020
County Executive Jim Kreuser today declared a State of Emergency in Kenosha County in an effort to guard against the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus).
As of this afternoon, (March 12) there remain no confirmed cases of COVID-19 within Kenosha County.
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Posted on: March 11, 2020
As national concern about the spread of the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) grows, the Kenosha County Division of Health today released a series of guidelines for people to consider before visiting local long-term care facilities.
As of March 11 2020, there re...
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Posted on: February 27, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health, along with state and federal partners, continues to closely monitor the outbreak of the COVID-19 respiratory illness – formerly referred to as coronavirus – that was first detected in Wuhan, China...
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Posted on: February 24, 2020
In response to a concentration of suspected opioid overdoses in the Uptown area, the Kenosha County Division of Health and the Kenosha Public Library are partnering to offer a FREE Narcan training at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, at Uptown Library, 2419 63r...
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Posted on: January 28, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health, along with state and federal partners, is closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that was first detected in Wuhan, China, and continues to expand.
Five ca...
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Posted on: January 10, 2020
January is Radon Action Month, and the Kenosha County Division of Health is again offering home test kits for half price, just $5.
People are encouraged to test their homes for elevated levels of this odorless, radioactive gas that is the nation’...
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Posted on: December 12, 2019
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising the public of an ongoing outbreak of illnesses caused by Hepatitis A, potentially linked to fresh blackberries purchased from Woodman's Food Market and Fresh Thyme Farmers Market during the period...
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Posted on: December 12, 2019
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services this week announced that food safety officials found E. coli 0157 bacteria in an unopened bag of pre-washed, chopped romaine lettuce collected from an ill person's home.
As an investigation into a multistate outb...
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Posted on: November 1, 2019
As temperatures continue to drop and Daylight Saving Time comes to an end this weekend, the Kenosha County Division of Health is urging people to take action to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning.
When you turn back your clocks on Saturday night, it&rsq...
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Posted on: October 8, 2019
Kenosha County will participate in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's national Prescription Drug Take-Back Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26.
Residents are encouraged to bring unwanted, unused prescription and over-the-counter medications...
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Posted on: September 24, 2019
The Kenosha County Division of Health is offering free well water test kits to residents whose properties were affected by the recent floods.
Kits are available at the Division of Health offices in Suite 600 of the Kenosha County Job Center, 8600 Sheridan ...
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Posted on: July 16, 2019
The Kenosha Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families is highlighting Minority Mental Health Month throughout July, with a drive to collect diapers for families in need and a Health Equity Forum.
Diaper drive/infant health and safety event:
Diapers are now...
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Posted on: July 16, 2019
The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department, Division of Emergency Management and the Division of Health are urging people to prepare for extreme heat this Thursday, July 18, 2019, to Saturday, July 20, 2019, by staying cool, hydrated, and informed.
A period o...
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Posted on: July 11, 2019
When “Management Decisions” calls, it is important to you and your family’s health. Why?
Effective July 15, 2019, a community health needs assessment (CHNA) of Kenosha County will be under way. Management Decisions is the rese...
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Posted on: April 5, 2019
Kenosha County will participate in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s national Prescription Drug Take-Back Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 27.
Residents are encouraged to bring unwanted, unused prescription and over-the-counter medications to dro...
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Posted on: March 29, 2019
A string of four suspected overdose deaths in the last week is raising concern among public health officials in Kenosha County.
Kenosha County Medical Examiner Patrice Hall said the four deaths since March 22 occurred across Kenosha County – one each in Tw...
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Posted on: March 14, 2019
With a Flood Warning in place along the Fox River and Flood Safety Awareness Week coming up the week of March 18-22, the Kenosha County Division of Health is urging people to take precautions to stay safe when flooding events occur.
“Springtime f...
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