{"id":45997,"date":"2025-08-05T02:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/45997\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T02:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:21:11","slug":"health-department-reminding-people-to-remain-alert-for-tick-borne-illnesses-health-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/45997\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Department reminding people to remain alert for tick borne illnesses | Health Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued an Air<br \/>\nQuality Advisory for the following counties: Adams, Ashland,<br \/>\nBarron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Calumet, Chippewa,<br \/>\nClark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau<br \/>\nClaire, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Grant, Green, Green Lake,<br \/>\nIowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee, La<br \/>\nCrosse, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon,<br \/>\nMarinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto,<br \/>\nOneida, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price,<br \/>\nRacine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan,<br \/>\nSt. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth,<br \/>\nWashburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago,<br \/>\nWood.<\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8230;The PM2.5 AQI is expected to reach the Unhealthy for<br \/>\nSensitive Groups to Unhealthy level.<\/p>\n<p>WHERE&#8230;All of Wisconsin<\/p>\n<p>WHEN&#8230;Until noon Tuesday, August 5<\/p>\n<p>Precautionary\/Preparedness Actions:<br \/>\nSensitive groups: Consider rescheduling or moving all activities<br \/>\ninside. Go inside if you have symptoms. People with asthma:<br \/>\nFollow your asthma action plan and keep quick-relief medicine<br \/>\nhandy. People with heart disease: Symptoms such as palpitations,<br \/>\nshortness of breath, or unusual fatigue may indicate a serious<br \/>\nproblem. If you have any of these, contact your health care<br \/>\nprovider. Everyone else: Keep outdoor activities shorter and less<br \/>\nintense. Go inside if you have symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Details:<br \/>\nCanadian wildfire smoke will continue to impact surface air<br \/>\nquality in Wisconsin. Though significant improvements have been<br \/>\nobserved over neighboring states yesterday into this morning, a<br \/>\nmix of Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG; Orange) AQI and<br \/>\nUnhealthy (Red) AQI is forecast again today as smoke persists<br \/>\nover Wisconsin and continues to recirculate. The heaviest smoke<br \/>\nis expected across northeastern Wisconsin today, while lighter<br \/>\nimpacts are more likely for southwestern counties. A few<br \/>\nlocations may observe Moderate (Yellow) AQI, especially to the<br \/>\nsouthwest as a cleaner pocket of air is anticipated to move into<br \/>\nthe state from the south. Conditions will continue to be<br \/>\nreevaluated on a day-to-day basis, including updates to the<br \/>\nforecast and any associated Air Quality Advisories.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on current air quality, please see:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/airquality.wi.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued an Air Quality Advisory for the following counties: Adams, Ashland,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[49,48,32176,32177,84,32175,44,39],"class_list":["post-45997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chippewa-valley","tag-eye-on-eau-claire","tag-health","tag-health-watch","tag-news","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}