Guidance for Respiratory Illnesses
September 4th, 2024 Now that school is back in session, respiratory illnesses have been on the rise around the country and in Dent County. Respiratory illnesses include, but are not…
Influenza, COVID-19, and other illnesses on the rise, CDC COVID Risk is “Medium”
Dent County residents should be aware of the currently circulating respiratory illnesses affecting our county so they may make informed choices. Over 200 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in…
COVID-19 Update
As our children and teachers go back to school this week, we're facing another potential increase in COVID-19 cases. The start of school has historically been a time of increased…
COVID Dashboard and Update 5-19-23
Ending of Federal Emergency This is the final COVID-19 Dashboard that will be published by the Dent County Health Center. On May 11th, 2023, the Federal Emergency ended, and with…
Updates to COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines
On April 18th, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 bivalent mRNA vaccines to simplify the vaccination schedule…
COVID Dashboard 3-23-23
COVID has slightly increased since the beginning of the year, but we are nowhere near the levels of early 2021 or 2022, and most importantly, very few cases of hospitalizations…
COVID Misinformation
COVID-19 Misinformation Alert: Viral social media posts are falsely claiming that ivermectin is an approved COVID-19 treatment, while vaccines and masks have failed. The most common claim is that the…
Bivalent (Omicron) Boosters Authorized
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to authorize bivalent formulations of the vaccines…
CDC updates COVID-19 Mitigation recommendations – removes quarantine
As SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues to circulate globally, high levels of vaccine- and infection-induced immunity and the availability of effective treatments and prevention tools have substantially reduced…