Kent County Health Department

The Kent County Health Department is offering free walk-in testing for STIs this weekend.

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Bats are the leading cause of rabies deaths in people here in the United States. So far this year in Kent County, five bats have tested positive for rabies.

A recent Freedom Of Information request by the Michigan Advance has uncovered disgusting e-mails from anti-maskers and even allegations of aggravated assault with a motor vehicle.

As all of West Michigan has seen increasing Covid-19 numbers, Kent County has released updated guidelines to help mitigate the spread of Covid-19 and the Delta Variant of the disease.

The clinic opened in late January and has administered over 200,000 vaccines.

The clinic will be an "appointment-only" situation, but once health officials are able to secure more doses of the vaccine, they hope to vaccinate 20,000 people daily.

The problem isn't finding patients, it's trying to get a steady supply of the vaccine so they can administer the shot.

A health bulletin released by the Kent County Health Department has helped make the decision to keep students learning virtually until January 4th.

The parties occurred the weekend of July 18 in Forest Hills.

As if we needed something else to be worried about. Three cases West Nile positive mosquitos were found in Kent County.

This comes after a viral video showed a packed dance floor at the bar over the weekend.