Hancock – The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department (WUPHD) is taking steps to prevent the spread of illness and ensure that local communities are fully prepared in the event of a novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 outbreak. This is a rapidly evolving event and the local situation may change quickly. To date, no cases of COVID-19…
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory illness that can spread from person to person. The virus that causes COVID-19 is a novel coronavirus that was first identified during an investigation into an outbreak in Wuhan, China. How does COVID-19 spread? The virus that causes COVID-19 probably emerged from an animal source, but is now…
The Copper Harbor Water Supply has an Action Level Exceedance for copper. The source water does not contain elevated copper; however higher levels of dissolved oxygen in the water is leading to corrosion of copper from plumbing fixtures inside residential homes. Copper is found naturally in the environment. Humans need a small amount of copper…
LANSING, Mich. — Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer took aggressive action to protect Michigan kids from the harmful effects of vaping. These actions include making Michigan the first state in the nation to ban flavored nicotine vaping products. After her Chief Medical Executive, Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, made a finding that youth vaping constitutes a public health emergency,…
RIPLEY – The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department (WUPHD) has temporarily suspended a warning to avoid activity on a section of the snowmobile trail owned by the State of Michigan running through the Julio scrapyard property. The primary public health concern related to recreational use of the trail was exposure to asbestos and other potential hazards…
Public health departments in the central and western Upper Peninsula announce the initiation of a search for a physician licensed in Michigan as an M.D. or D.O. to fill the role of Medical Director for one or more local health departments. Departments conducting this search include: Dickinson-Iron Health Department, Marquette County Health Department, Public Health…