Nov 18, 2020 | Community News, Healthcare
Daviess County along with the surrounding counties has seen a significant rise in COVID-19 cases the past 60 days, according to Cheryl Alexander, Daviess County Health Department Administrator. Please visit the Missouri Showmestrong.mo.gov website to view county...
Nov 18, 2020 | Healthcare, School News
Governor Mike Parson, the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) announced modifications to Missouri’s K-12 school reopening and operating guidance. The large number of students and school staff...
Nov 18, 2020 | Healthcare
Missouri is now seeing 28,000 new cases per week, or an average of 4,000 new cases per day, on average. Last week, the rate was 2,800 new cases per day—representing a significant increase. “Like the rest of the United States, Missouri is experiencing an increase in...
Nov 17, 2020 | Community News, Healthcare
With the continued increase of COVID-19 cases in our region, Hedrick Medical Center and Wright Memorial Hospital have revised visitor guidelines to “Level 5 No Visitors,” which became effective Saturday, Nov. 14. No visitors are allowed in Saint Luke’s...
Nov 10, 2020 | Community News, Healthcare
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General is alerting the public about fraud schemes related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Scammers are offering COVID-19 tests to Medicare beneficiaries in exchange for personal details,...
Nov 10, 2020 | Community News, Healthcare
Hedrick Medical Center is moving their COVID-19 drive-thru testing site to a new location to better accommodate anticipated winter weather in the coming months. The current site, located at the former Washington Street Food & Drink site in Chillicothe (1100...
Nov 4, 2020 | Community News, Healthcare
After 25.5 years of service at the Daviess County Health Department, Debbie Gatton has decided it is time to retire. Debbie is a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and began at the Health Department in 1995. “I have thoroughly enjoyed serving our fine community for...
Nov 4, 2020 | Healthcare
COVID-19 Cheryl Alexander, RN-Administrator, is the leader of the health department and has spent a great deal of time working with schools and the community in the effort to keep everyone safe and healthy. Cheryl spends days on the phone talking with community...
Nov 2, 2020 | Community News, Healthcare
The State of Missouri continues to host community testing events throughout the state each week. Missourians can register for these events currently scheduled at health.mo.gov/communitytest and also continue to check back for future opportunities to be tested at an...
Oct 28, 2020 | Community News, Healthcare
The Daviess County Health Department recently welcomed three new faces to the staff. Sarah Clark, RN, received her BS in Agriculture from Iowa State and her RN from NCMC. Sarah worked in the Liberty Emergency Room (ER) before starting a job performing ER coding and...
Oct 19, 2020 | Healthcare
Fall is here. It may mean football and jacket weather for some but for people with Medicare, it also means Open Enrollment. Open Enrollment began Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7. During this time, people with Medicare can change their Prescription Drug (Part D) Plan or...
Oct 19, 2020 | City/Local Government, Healthcare
Governor Mike Parson recently announced that Missouri has submitted its plan for administering the impending COVID-19 vaccine to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Missouri’s planning efforts are based upon CDC guidance to anticipate a phased...
Oct 19, 2020 | Healthcare
The Daviess County Health Department reminds you to not forget to schedule your flu shot appointment by calling the office at 660-663-2414, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Health Department still has times open for evening children’s clinic...
Oct 7, 2020 | Community News, Healthcare
University of Missouri Extension has developed an automatically updated COVID-19 dashboard for Andrew county. Dashboards for other Missouri counties are coming online. CARES has developed these dashboards in conjunction with local health departments, to facilitate the...
Sep 30, 2020 | Healthcare
The Daviess County Health Department has been made aware of a possible phone scam in our region. The caller identifies as a COVID-19 contact tracer and asks for personal information such as a social security card number. Legitimate COVID-19 case investigators and...
Sep 30, 2020 | Healthcare
The Daviess County Health Department will be offering its second flu shot drive-up clinic on Oct. 2. Times are 8-11:45 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. The first flu clinic was offered on Sept. 25. • The clinic will be held at the health department located at 609A South Main Street...
Sep 23, 2020 | Healthcare
The Daviess County Health Department will be offering a flu shot drive-up clinic on Sept. 25 and Oct. 2. Times are 8-11:45 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. The clinics will be held at the health department located at 609 A South Main Street in Gallatin. The clinic is for adults only...
Sep 23, 2020 | Healthcare
A community testing event for COVID-19 will be held at the Cameron High School, 1022 S. Chestnut, 64429, on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. Please pre- register for testing at: health.mo.gov/community test, or call (877) 435-8411. Answers to FAQ’s for the testing. • This is...
Sep 23, 2020 | Healthcare
by Cheryl Alexander, Administrator Daviess County Health Department I have had many people ask what is “contact tracing” and why does the health department need to know who a positive COVID-19 person has been around. When we have a positive COVID-19 case that person...
Sep 16, 2020 | Community News, Healthcare
The Daviess County Health Department has reported its first COVID-19 related death. The resident was a 93-year-old male who tested positive for COVID-19 on Sept. 9. All close contacts have been notified, according to the health department. If you have not been...
