Ohioans encouraged to wash fruits and vegetables thoroughly COLUMBUS — Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Director Bruce Vanderhoff, MD, MBA, is urging Ohioans to take extra precautions when handling fruits and vegetables to help prevent cyclosporiasis, a gastrointestinal disease that has sickened hundreds of people across multiple states recently, including Ohio. As of July 2, ODH […]
UPPER SANDUSKY, Ohio — Wyandot County Public Health has received reports of an increase in diarrheal illness in Wyandot County in the past week. Some of these cases of illness have been associated with cyclospora cayetanensis. Cyclospora is a microscopic parasite known to cause the intestinal illness Cyclosporiasis. It is spread when people consume food […]
UPPER SANDUSKY, Ohio — As Fourth of July, Wyanstock, and America 250 plans get underway, the Wyandot County Safe Communities Coalition is asking for help from Wyandot County residents in ensuring the right of everyone on our roadways to a safe ride home when the celebrations conclude by remembering that Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving. Drinking […]
Applications due by June 30, 2026. Wyandot County Public Health is seeking an individual to fill an open Director of Nursing position. To be successful, applicants should be passionate about public health and ready to positively impact and improve the well-being of all who live, work, and play in Wyandot County. Director of Nursing Wyandot […]
UPPER SANDUSKY, Ohio — The Wyandot County Safe Communities Coalition urges the community to get in the habit of buckling up for every trip ahead of a national Click It or Ticket seat belt safety campaign. The national high-visibility seat belt enforcement effort, which coincides with the Memorial Day holiday, runs May 18-31, 2026. University […]
UPPER SANDUSKY —Wyandot County Public Health was joined by several youth and adult volunteers on Saturday, April 25 at the Wyandot County Community Garden in Upper Sandusky for a community service project focused on expanding the community garden to provide four additional raised garden bed spaces for community member use. The Wyandot County Community Garden […]
Wyandot County Board of Health Employee Committee will meet 2 p.m. Monday, April 27, 2026. LOCATION: Wyandot County Court House, 109 S Sandusky Ave., Upper Sandusky Ohio. In the Assembly Room. This discussion will address personnel matters pertaining to a complaint. This is an open session meeting that will immediately go into executive session for […]
Join Wyandot County Public Health from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at the Upper Sandusky Fire Department, 120 N 7th St, Upper Sandusky, OH 43351 for a free child safety seat check event. The seat check is held during the Wyandot Chamber of Commerce’s Spring Fling event in downtown Upper Sandusky. Seat […]
Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Director Bruce Vanderhoff, MD, MBA, recently announced the launch of a new dashboard that makes Ohio’s kindergarten immunization data easily accessible to the public. The dashboard, titled “Annual Ohio Kindergarten Immunization Level Assessment,” is now live on the state’s DataOhio Portal. “This interactive dashboard gives Ohioans a wealth of important, […]
UPPER SANDUSKY, Ohio — Wyandot County Public Health has partnered with local businesses to fight period poverty during Women’s History Month in March with a period product supply drive March 1-25 and a Period Kit Packing Party on March 25. Period poverty refers, in part, to a lack of access to menstrual products. While period […]
