barry eaton district health department

The Barry Eaton District Health Department is now confirming attachment-at least one case verified in Barry County. And since testing for this one is a bit different than what is typically done, the department says there are likely other cases in the area that just haven’t been pinpointed yet.

A Barry County resident is the first suspected human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in Michigan this year.

The Barry-Eaton District Health Department is notifying the public about a COVID-19 case that may have spread following a garage sale near Charlotte.

Before the new numbers for positive Coronavirus cases in Michigan are announced on Thursday, a positive case was announced Wednesday in Eaton County.

Residents in Charlotte are being advised on the risks of overexposure of copper after elevated levels were found in the city’s drinking water earlier in November.

An area hospital has been cited for a bacteria that could cause another more serious illness.

The Barry-Eaton District Health Department says that since 2001, West Nile Virus has shown up every year in communities around Michigan; so far in 2018 however, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says that only mosquito populations in the Thumb and Midland areas have tested positive for West Nile.

It looks like the southeast Michigan Hepatitis outbreak is slowly becoming the southern Michigan outbreak. On January 10, the Calhoun County Health Department said that the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services now considers Calhoun County as part of the outbreak area.

The Barry-Eaton Health Department says that radon occurs naturally in the ground, and can often accumulate inside homes; this can be a problem, since Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers.

School age children in Eaton and Barry Counties can now get their hearing and vision checked for free this summer. The Barry-Eaton District Health Department says that two clinics will be held, one in Barry County on August 17, and the other in Eaton County on August 18...