After peaking last month the number of COVID-19 cases in Fond du Lac County continue to plunge. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says only 99 cases were reported over the weekend and only ten people are hospitalized in Fond du Lac County with COVID1-19. "We are on a decline," Mueller told WFDL news. "We got what we hoped for." Mueller says she was anticipating at the end of January, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has signed into law a bill making it a felony to intentionally damage vaccines. The Legislature passed the measure last month and Evers signed it Friday. The new law came in response to a pharmacist in a Milwaukee suburb spoiling more than 500 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in January 2021. The new law makes it a Class I felony to intentionally make […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Doctors and hospital leaders are pushing back against a package of Republican bills that seek to bar health care providers from withholding unproven treatments for COVID-19. The three bills released this week would prevent health systems and medical credentialing boards from disciplining doctors for ordering or advocating for therapies or medicine for patients that go against medical opinions held by their employers or regulators. The legislation […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's top medical officer says COVID-19 could become endemic this year. Department of Health Services Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ryan Westergaard still warned that case counts could periodically spike but the disease likely will reach a stage in 2022 where numbers remain fairly constant. The term endemic is used to describe a disease as a regular part of a population, such as the flu,. The seven-day […]
Discovery of the "stealth omicron" variant in Wisconsin doesn't come as a surprise to the Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer. Kim Mueller says while the stealth variant appears to be more infectious, but perhaps milder in terms of symptoms from the original omicron variant. But Mueller says that doesn't mean future variants won't be more severe. Health experts says while the vaccine may not prevent breakthrough infections, they continue […]
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says she believes the Omicron variant surge in Fond du Lac County has peaked. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says 75 positive COVID-19 cases were reported Tuesday, continuing a downward trend over the last couple of weeks. Mueller says it had been several weeks since Fond du Lac County had recorded under 100 daily positive cases. Monday marked the two year anniversary […]
There are more signs the Omicron variant surge may have peaked in Fond du Lac County. After surging in early January, daily cases continued to drop last week with slightly over 100 cases reported on Friday. Public Health Environmental Health supervisor Danielle Vollendorf says the drop comes following a report from the Mayo Clinic that the Omicron surge in Wisconsin has peaked. Vollendorf says only 112 cases were confirmed Friday. There are 13 […]
Computer modeling at the Mayo Clinic suggest the Omicron variant surge has peaked in Wisconsin and cases are expected to sharply decline in the coming months. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says that's great news. Mueller says it may already be happening locally where daily case numbers have been lower over the last few days. Still health experts warn that unless more people take vaccines and booster […]
A Fond du Lac cardiologist says he is seeing more and more patients who have suffered from heart complications due to COVID-19. "I have seen people come in with heart failure, I've have seen people with inflammation from getting COVID infection, rhythm abnormalities, some of which unfortunately have been fatal, SSM Health Doctor Tadeo Diaz Balderrama, told WFDL news. "Unfortunately with the variants I'm seeing younger and younger patients presenting […]