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Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 6:37 PM CDT
|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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Updated: Oct. 28, 2022 at 11:08 AM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
Tammy will be back with the team on Monday, Oct. 31.
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Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 7:30 AM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
Health experts have been looking at the flu season in the southern hemisphere to get an idea of what we should expect in the United States.
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Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 3:37 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
The results showed fewer than half were proficient in math and language arts, a drop of about 10% of students who were deemed proficient in 2019.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 8:42 AM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
Tammy and her doctor agree that she is very fortunate she was vaccinated and boosted.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 5:43 PM CDT
|By Jason Zimmerman
However, don't be too quick to throw it away. The FDA extended the shelf life of many test kits after they were produced.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 6:37 PM CDT
|By Joshua Peguero
This push comes as they say COVID cases have already increased among children since the school year began.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 10:01 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
This booster improves the body's defenses against both the original coronavirus and the newest omicron variants.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 7:09 AM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
Prevea Health President and CEO Dr. Ashok Rai joined us on Action 2 News This Morning to talk about the new booster shot and to look ahead to flu season.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 7:30 PM CDT
|By Marcus Aarsvold
Wisconsin DHS offering free at home COVID-19 tests
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Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 7:22 AM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
Dr. Rai joined us on Action 2 News This Morning to talk about monkeypox, a new COVID-19 vaccine, and getting the family healthy for back to school.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 6:04 PM CDT
|By Brittany Schmidt
President Joe Biden is back in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19 again over the weekend due to ‘rebound positivity’.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 4:41 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
Only 16 counties in Wisconsin have low community levels of COVID-19
Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 4:21 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
30 other counties are at an elevated level. Half of the counties with low levels are in our corner of Wisconsin.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 3:41 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
The total includes almost 2.6 million booster shots.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 4:35 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
DHS numbers show the state is close to administering its 10 millionth COVID-19 vaccine dose.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 3:47 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
14 COVID-19 deaths, recent or not, were submitted to the state since Friday. That's how many the state received all of last week. It received a total of 17 the week before that.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 7:21 AM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
Dr. Rai joined us on Action 2 News This Morning to talk about the virus, how it spreads and how it can be treated.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 6:01 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
Wisconsin is averaging more than 1,700 new cases of COVID-19 per day, back to where the state was six weeks ago.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 4:24 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
The Department of Health Services reported fewer than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases Friday, but the 1,919 new cases weren’t enough to pull down the rising 7-day average.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 3:57 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
14.2% of COVID-19 tests in the last week were positive, the highest rate since February 2 coming off the omicron surge
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 6:21 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
New cases are back over 1,600 per day. But Wisconsin is averaging 1 death per day, the lowest 7-day average in nearly two months.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 11:11 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
Wisconsin’s COVID-19 cases have been holding fairly steady near 1,600 cases per day after weeks in the 1,400s.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 4:54 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
A week ago there was one. 30 counties have elevated levels, twice as many as last week.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 7:03 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
COVID-19 case numbers were back down Thursday after jumping past 2,000 the day before.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 8:51 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
It’s the first time daily numbers were over 2,000 since the first two days of June.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 3:42 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
After a holiday dip, case numbers climbed back to where they were in June
Updated: Jul. 11, 2022 at 3:46 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
The CDC says only two counties in Wisconsin have high community spread. Both are in the northwestern part of the state.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 4:17 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
The CDC says only two counties in Wisconsin have high community spread. Both are in the northwestern part of the state.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 3:46 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
It was only the fourth time in two months the state received 10 or more death reports in a single day.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 4:23 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
It was only the fourth time in two months the state received 10 or more death reports in a single day.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 2:36 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
The 7-day average fell below 1,400 for the first time since June 16 and only the second time in eight weeks.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 8:20 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
The state confirmed the fewest new cases in one day since May 1.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 7:30 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
Five counties have high community levels. They’re in central and western Wisconsin.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 3:53 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
After small bumps in the numbers on Wednesday, COVID-19 metrics flattened out again Thursday, stretching a week-long plateau.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 3:43 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
A couple of counties in Northeast Wisconsin sadly hit new milestones
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 3:45 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
The 7-day average moved, if that’s the word, from 1,416 cases per day to 1,415.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2022 at 5:30 PM CDT
|By Brittany Schmidt
This recommendation makes COVID-19 vaccines available to almost 295,000 more children in Wisconsin.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2022 at 3:37 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
The downward trend of COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin appears to have stalled for the past few days.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 4:01 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
Four counties have high community levels of COVID-19, down from 10 a week ago, and none in Northeast Wisconsin
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 4:18 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
New cases are still on a downward trend
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 9:01 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
There was a slight drop in the 7-day average of new cases but a higher-than-average number of deaths.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 8:12 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
The last time the 7-day average was under 1,500 was 41 days ago, on May 4.
Updated: Jun. 13, 2022 at 4:19 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
Fewer people are testing positive, but more people were hospitalized for COVID-19 treatment than any weekend since February.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 8:50 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
People are urged to use mitigation strategies in counties with high community levels, including wearing a mask and social distancing.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 7:19 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
Fewer tests are coming back positive for the COVID-19 virus.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2022 at 3:34 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
*But blame it on what happened 8 days ago
Updated: Jun. 7, 2022 at 11:05 AM CDT
|By SCOTT BAUER
The court on Tuesday ruled 4-3 against Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, the state’s largest business lobbying group.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2022 at 3:39 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
Three counties in Northeast Wisconsin saw a triple-digit increase in cases over the weekend.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2022 at 4:12 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
18 of 20 Northeastern counties had low levels of COVID-19 in the community