GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Sunday’s game at Kansas City. NFL Network was first to report the positive test for the reigning NFL MVP. Rodgers is the latest Packers player to test positive for the coronavirus. Wide receivers Davante Adams, a 2020 All-Pro, and Allen Lazard missed last week’s victory at Arizona due to COVID-19 protocols. Green […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Health care providers and other coronavirus vaccine distributors in Wisconsin say they could have doses that are ready to be administered to younger children by the end of the week. On Tuesday, a special advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved recommendations for administering the Pfizer vaccine to younger children. The Food and Drug Administration has already cleared the shots, which deliver […]
A Fond du Lac Regional Clinic Family Medicine physician says news that U.S. health advisers have endorsed Pfizer's low-dose COVID-19 vaccine for young children is positive. Dr. Taha El Shahat says being able to vaccinate children ages 5 to 11 is something that a lot of people were hoping would get approved. Dr. El Shahat says more young people, including children have become sick during this latest COVID-19 surge. Last […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System says it will comply with an executive order issued by President Biden that requires federal contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Biden’s order has convinced colleges across the country to institute vaccine requirements, even in some conservative states where governors and legislators oppose mandates. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that the order covers not only people directly paid by federal contracts, […]
The Ripon Rotary Club, SSM Health and Fond du Lac County Health Department are collaborating to offer a virtual COVID-19 vaccine question and answer forum Thursday. The hour long Zoom forum starts at 6pm Thursday October 28. Vice President of Pharmacy Services with SSM Health Wisconsin Region, Mo Kharbat, says Fond du Lac County residents will have an opportunity to hear first hand and ask questions of local medical providers about the vaccine. […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay’s decimated receiving group has taken one more hit as the Packers prepare to face the unbeaten Arizona Cardinals. Allen Lazard joined 2020 All-Pro wideout Davante Adams on the reserve/COVID-19 list Tuesday. Adams went on the list Monday. Lazard’s potential absence would make it even tougher for the Packers to maintain their uncanny level of success in games Adams has missed. Adams has sat […]
Tumbling COVID-19 case counts have some schools around the U.S. considering relaxing their mask rules, but deaths nationally have been ticking up over the past few weeks. In Fond du Lac County, Public Health Officer Kim Mueller, says the number of daily positive COVID-19 cases has peaked or is on the decline. "We are really happy about this. We would probably say our cases have plateaued or now are decreasing," […]
The Fond du Lac County Health Department says the next COVID-19 booster clinic may include Moderna and or Johnson and Johnson vaccine booster doses or people who have received those vaccines. One hundred 50 people received the Pfizer booster vaccine at the second clinic held last Friday at the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the Health Department plans to continue to work with the National Guard at […]
The Ripon Rotary Club, SSM Health and Fond du Lac County Health Department are collaborating to offer a virtual COVID-19 vaccine question and answer forum this week. The hour long Zoom forum starts at 6pm Thursday October 28. Vice President of Pharmacy Services with SSM Health Wisconsin Region, Mo Kharbat, says Fond du Lac County residents will have an opportunity to hear firsthand and ask questions of local medical providers about the vaccine. […]