If you follow us on social media or go to our website, you’re probably familiar with the work we do to track COVID cases.
Over the past three years, testing revealed that roughly half of the homes tested in Dane County had high levels of...
Quick Links
COVID-19
Information about COVID-19
Email Updates
Sign up for news releases, blog posts, and other updates
Food Safety
Information for food businesses and customers
Licenses & Permits
For food, lodging, water, well & septic, and tattoo & piercing
Mpox
Information about the mpox (monkeypox) outbreak
Public Health Blog
-
How We Track Respiratory Viruses in Dane County
posted
-
COVID Data Notes for the Week of January 19, 2023
posted
The latest highlights from this COVID data snapshot, and other notes about data from this period.
-
Whether you own a house, are buying a house, or rent, you can protect yourself from radon
posted
The only way to know if you have radon is to test.
Health Headlines
-
Madison clinic works to keep COVID-19 vaccination accessible
posted
Monday marked one year since the highest single-day total for new COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin, and while fewer people are getting sick this year, doctors say it's still a good idea to get vaccinated against the virus.
-
UW-Health: Number of overdose cases seen in emergency departments remains large
posted
In the Dane County area, Public Health Madison & Dane County provides naloxone, a medication that can reverse opioid overdose, and education to help people prevent overdose.
-
Animal control frees coyote stuck in Dane Co. basement
posted
Two Dane Co. animal services officers are being credited with helping a scared coyote escape the basement of a home that was still being built.
-
How the cold can impact rapid COVID-19 tests
posted
Earlier in December, the Biden administration again made free COVID-19 tests available to the public.
News Releases
-
The Invisible Threat: Test Your Home for Radon This Winter
posted
-
Madison CARES, City’s Mobile Emergency Service for Behavior Health Calls, Releases End-of-Year Report
posted
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 is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. There are options available to get screened for free.