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  • Gundersen welcomes patients and non-patients ages 5 and older for the COVID-19 vaccine and booster shots at our locations.
  • Adult Gundersen patients and kids' parents and guardians can schedule appointments by calling the scheduling line at (608) 775-6829.

COVID-19 testing options

Whether you have symptoms of COVID-19 or need a test for travel or returning to school, there are two options for COVID-19 screening and testing at Gundersen Health System:

  1. Self-scheduling in MyChart 
  2. Scheduling by phone

By phone or online, you will be asked screening questions to determine your next steps. Please do not visit our Urgent Care or Emergency locations if you only need a test.

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For questions about COVID-19, ask Ayla, our digital helper. You can find her in the lower right corner of our website.

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Feeling ill? Here's what to do next.

If you're feeling ill, please help us protect our patients, staff and community amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic by contacting us before you come in.

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From our frontline: How they felt after the COVID-19 vaccination

No vaccine is without side effects as your body builds protection against viruses. Here's how a few of our employees felt afterward.

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What you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine

Developing the COVID-19 vaccine is the most important, complex public health effort in our nation's history. Federal, state and local healthcare experts and public health officials unified to make sure it's safe.

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COVID-19 screening and testing

See the options you have for getting screened for COVID-19. Plus the answers to common testing questions.

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Gundersen visitor guidelines (updated Dec. 28)

Please review our visitor restrictions before coming in.

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How to tell if you have a cold, the flu or COVID-19

Viruses that cause common colds and the flu will mix with COVID-19 and make it difficult to know what's making you ill. Gundersen's infection preventionists Megan Meller and Meghan Buechel help you tell them apart.

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Gundersen offers COVID-19 vaccine booster for 12-year-olds and older

Parents or guardians must schedule an appointment for children by calling (608) 775-6829. Patients and non-patients are welcome at Gundersen for the vaccination.