Archived Blog Posts

We wanted to share a behind-the-scenes look at our Data Team and the work they do.

The latest highlights from this week's data snapshot and other notes about data from this week.

Dane County has moved into a new phase, but that doesn’t mean the COVID-19 virus has changed, or that it has magically gone away.

Inequities in COVID-19 in Dane County have become more apparent as testing has become more available.

Public Health will not issue a new ‘Phase 2’ public health order without supporting metrics from two full weeks of data from Phase 1. This two-week period will end on June 9. We expect to have the data compiled and analyzed on June 12 to inform any…

As we all are taking really important actions to protest injustice, we also want to encourage everyone to take precautions against COVID-19.

After many weeks of physical distancing, staying home as much as possible, and practicing strong prevention measures like washing hands often and covering our coughs and sneezes, we’re all feeling fatigued.

Today we issued a news release urging residents to follow the Safer at Home order. 

We planned for this moment, but it’s still difficult. From the beginning of our response, months ago, our staff have relentlessly strategized, coordinated, and used all of our best public health tools to stem the tide of COVID-19’s aggressive and…

On March 23, 2020, Janel Heinrich participated in a press conference with the City of Madison Mayor and Dane County Executive. These are her remarks. 

As the prevalence of coronavirus (COVID-19) around the world increases, we are using the best information we have to take proactive steps to protect the health of our community. We know that our recommendations have a tremendous impact on peoples’…

While your chances of getting sick from coronavirus in Wisconsin are low at the moment, there are steps you can take to prepare for widespread illness in the future.

The 2020 census is coming in mid-March. Sent to households every 10 years, making sure that everyone in Dane County is counted in the census is crucial to political representation, federal and state funding, and to public health. We have been…

Members of our operations team hold a morning briefing This blog post is accurate as of 8:45 AM on February 12, 2020.

A summary of how we learn about and respond to potential cases of coronavirus.

While we may think of food pantries and free meal sites around the holidays, the reality is that a number of households in Dane County, many of them with children, struggle to put food on the table all year long. When a household is food secure, it…

An unregulated industry, it’s difficult to know what is in e-cigarettes and vapes, and at what levels. What we do know is that these products con

Like a moving target, flu viruses are constantly changing and affect different people in different ways. This makes every flu season different,