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WCHD’s child safety kits distributed to police officers

The Whitley County Health Department and local police will soon be taking additional measures to try and prevent some deaths involving young children. Whitley County Health Department Public Health Director Marcy Rein said that the health department ordered child safety kits to...
Posted On 01 Apr 2022

Health Department giving inmates Naloxone doses, training upon release

In an effort to combat overdose deaths, the Whitley County Health Department is now offering free Naloxone to inmates when they are released from the Whitley County Detention Center. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please...
Posted On 24 Mar 2022

Naloxone is saving lives in Whitley County

Consider this statistic regarding drug overdoses. In September and October, 32 people participating in the Whitley County Health Department’s Harm Reduction program, which is more frequently referred to as the needle exchange program, reported having either overdosed or having...
Posted On 29 Nov 2021

Whitley County’s COVID-19 death toll now stands at 89 people

On Monday, two more Whitley County residents died from COVID-19 bringing the total number of people killed by the virus in Whitley County to 89 people. While the ages of the two deceased people were not revealed, Whitley County Public Health Director Marcy Rein told the Whitley...
Posted On 17 Nov 2021

COVID-19 booster only currently offered for immune compromised individuals

If you are an immune compromised individual, you can now get a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Whitley County Health Department, but those are currently the only people who can get a third dose there. “We are not doing boosters right now. We are only doing those immune...
Posted On 24 Sep 2021

Whitley County Health Department expanding garden, creating small food pantry

The Whitley County Health Department is looking to expand a small garden, which is planted in some raised beds behind the main office in Williamsburg and will go to help feed health department clients. Public Health Director Marcy Rein told the Whitley County Board of Health...
Posted On 21 Mar 2021

COVID-19 vaccinations will soon expand to jail inmates, homeless

The Whitley County Health Department is planning to switch the primary COVID-19 vaccine that it uses in a few weeks to one that requires only a single dose rather than two, and it is hoping to expand the vaccination program to lesser served groups after it does so. So far, the...
Posted On 18 Mar 2021

Whitley County Board of Health discusses COVID-19, other issues during quarterly board meeting Monday evening

As one might expect, much of the Whitley County Health Department’s focus in recent months has remained COVID-19, which continues to remain high in Whitley County. Whitley County’s seven day rolling average for its incidence rate as of Sunday was 45.7 cases per 100,000 people,...
Posted On 20 Nov 2020

Eventual COVID-19 vaccine will probably require two rounds of vaccination, health department director says

After a COVID-19 vaccine gets approved, you will probably need two rounds of vaccination. This was part of the message that Whitley County Health Department Public Health Director Marcy Rein delivered to the Whitley County Board of Health during its quarterly meeting Monday. Rein...
Posted On 24 Sep 2020

Whitley Co. Board of Health rescinds previous tax hike

So many people turned out for the Whitley County Board of Health’s quarterly meeting Monday evening that the board of health had to move its meeting to the parking lot of the Whitley County Health Department in order to allow for social distancing. In addition to about 10 board...
Posted On 23 Sep 2020