Posts Tagged ‘Monroe County Health Department Administrator John Wagner’
OSHA mandate debate brews
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is grabbing national headlines, but recent OSHA actions have caused concern locally as well. Monroe County Health Department Administrator John Wagner said the federal…
Read MoreOSHA ‘overreach’ upsets health department head
On Friday afternoon, Monroe County Health Department Administrator John Wagner sent several media outlets a copy of an Occupational Safety and Health Administration letter dated Jan. 6 advising a Monroe…
Read MoreCOVID a topic for county board
The first meeting of 2022 for the Monroe County Board on Monday continued in the same vein of the past two calendar years with COVID-19 being the main topic of…
Read MoreMonroe County tops 1,000 active COVID cases
Over the weekend, Monroe County’s number of active coronavirus cases, according to the local health department, seemed to have gone down. With Tuesday’s total case count topping 1,000, it is…
Read MoreCOVID claims another life
Monroe County reported one new COVID death over the holiday weekend, bringing the local toll since the start of the pandemic to 108. Monroe County Health Department Administrator John Wagner…
Read MoreCOVID concerns continue during holidays
Monroe County’s COVID count is not slowing down, creating a distressing situation as holiday festivities continue. One new death was reported over the Christmas holiday weekend, bringing the Monroe County’s…
Read MoreCOVID surge continues in Monroe County
This week, Monroe County saw two new additions to its COVID-19 death toll as active cases reached a point they had not seen in a long time. On Tuesday, Monroe…
Read MoreHospitals ‘very full’ amidst new COVID surge
Health care leaders are warning this COVID-19 surge is shaping up to be like that of Christmas past, but it is becoming evident hospitals are starting to field some unique…
Read MoreVaccinations urged as COVID cases climb
Monroe County Health Department Administrator John Wagner put it simply when he said local COVID numbers “are not good.” Last week, Monroe County broke the 100 active cases threshold, with…
Read MoreNew variant, new cases
As of Wednesday, the Monroe County Health Department is reporting 91 active COVID-19 cases and two related hospitalizations. Monroe County Health Department Administrator John Wagner said he expects cases to…
Read MoreCOVID caution this Thanksgiving
Monroe County Health Department Administrator John Wagner reported 78 active COVID cases locally and one hospitalization on Wednesday. Late last week and early this week, the number of active cases…
Read MoreCOVID balancing act for health department, schools
As state orders stress the importance of in-person education while also imposing many COVID restrictions, schools and local health departments are navigating how to limit the spread of the disease…
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