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  • The Invisible Threat: Test Your Home for Radon This Winter

    posted January 9, 2023

    Over the past three years, testing revealed that roughly half of the homes tested in Dane County had high levels of radon.

  • Madison CARES, City’s Mobile Emergency Service for Behavior Health Calls, Releases End-of-Year Report

    posted November 22, 2022

    The CARES program was launched in September of 2021 and is now releasing an end-of-year report.

  • Public Health Urges Breast Cancer Screening

    posted October 13, 2022

    October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. There are options available to get screened for free.

  • Testing Strategy Shift: “Antigen First” Means Rapid Results

    posted September 29, 2022

    Effective October 1, Public Health Madison & Dane County will transition to a new strategy for COVID-19 testing at its South Madison clinic.

  • Appointments Now Available for Updated COVID Boosters

    posted September 19, 2022

    Public Health is expanding its clinic hours and adding availability on weekends, in an effort to meet demand for the newly updated COVID boosters.

  • Overdose Spike Alert: Risk of Drug Overdose Increased in Dane County

    posted August 3, 2022

    Public Health Madison & Dane County is issuing a public health alert due to an increase, or spike, in drug overdoses in our community.

  • Public Health to Fund Violence Prevention Work in the Community

    posted July 25, 2022

    Public Health Madison & Dane County is providing funding to community-based organizations who work to reduce violence in our community.

  • Dane County Moves into “High” COVID-19 Community Level

    posted July 22, 2022

    On July 21, 2022, Dane County moved into the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) “high” COVID-19 community level.

  • Public Health Expanding Reproductive Health Services in Dane County

    posted July 14, 2022

    With initial investment from Dane County, Public Health Madison & Dane County will increase staff, and expand hours and services offered at its Sexual and Reproductive Health clinic beginning later this year.  

  • Heat Advisory Issued in Dane County

    posted July 5, 2022

    Extremely high temperatures coupled with high humidity can have some serious effects on your health such as heat exhaustion or heat stroke.

  • Stay Cool, Hydrated & Connected: Heat Advisory Issued in Dane County

    posted June 21, 2022

    The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory from 12pm through 7pm Tuesday.

  • Dane County Officials Urge Caution During Extreme Heat

    posted June 14, 2022

    Dane County is under a heat advisory until 8pm tomorrow. This excessive heat comes less than 24 hours after severe thunderstorms rolled through the Dane County area and caused damage.

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