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The public health crisis faced by Black Wisconsinites

WEBBlack children in the state are four times more likely to have lead poisoning than their white peers. Also in Wisconsin, Black people die younger than almost all other …

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Wisconsin's Covid Condition: Hospitals Require Vaccines …

WEBThe CEOs of Bellin Health and Marshfield Clinic — which have also implemented COVID-19 vaccine requirements in fall 2021 — reported most of their staff were fully vaccinated …

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Wisconsin's Covid Condition: Omicron eruption pushes …

WEBOmicron is driving uncontrolled transmission statewide. The state health department reported disease activity as “critically high” in all of Wisconsin’s 72 counties during a two …

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Wisconsin's Covid Condition: State moves to help …

WEBVaccination rates in the Milwaukee metro area diverge widely between local communities, a pattern that has persisted since spring 2021. During a Dec. 7 media …

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Wisconsin's Covid Condition: The response to the …

WEBCOVID-19. Wisconsin's Covid Condition: The response to the pandemic enters a new phase. Disease metrics are falling to their lowest levels since the end of …

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'You're treated like a criminal': Wisconsin eyes fixes for …

WEBRelying heavily on law enforcement to respond to mental health emergencies distracts them from other public safety duties, Kaul told Wisconsin Watch. …

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Gender-affirming care: What it means in Wisconsin

WEBThe only evidence-based treatment for this condition, endorsed by every major medical association in the United States, is gender-affirming care. Gender-affirming care refers …

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Doctors debate, patients suffer: The fight over chronic …

WEBNationally, Lyme disease infects an estimated 476,000 people a year. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reports the state had 3,076 estimated cases …

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Wisconsin and the national battle over access to gender …

WEBThe first state ban on gender-affirming care for minors, titled the “Save Adolescents from Experimentation” (or SAFE Act) became law in Arkansas in 2021 after …

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and how to reverse an opioid overdose

WEBNarcan and training also is available at no cost at the Community Prevention Center, a clinic of the Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers. The address is 1243 …

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'Our students are hurting': Youth mental health in Wisconsin

WEB52% of students reported having anxiety. 34% of students said they were sad or hopeless every day. 22% of students reported harming themselves. 25% of …

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What can be done to reverse high mortality rates among …

WEBBy Jane Houseal and Drake White-Bergey, Wisconsin Watch. This article was first published by Wisconsin Watch.. When her daughter was born weighing just 1 …

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Wisconsin's EMS agencies describe a system in crisis

WEBAt the heart of the current staffing struggles is the fact that – for decades – Wisconsin’s EMS agencies have been built on and supported by volunteers. “Right now, …

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Pandemic brings telehealth boom to rural Wisconsin, but barriers …

WEBBut expanded telehealth options have proved “really beneficial” for Czaikowski’s patients in many ways. Although most of her patients still use in-person …

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Report: During Pandemic, Wisconsin Hospital Sought $3 Million …

WEBAbout 366,000 non-elderly people in Wisconsin lack health insurance coverage, according to an Urban Institute analysis. Still others are underinsured, which …

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Wisconsin's Covid Condition: Omicron drives explosive case …

WEBCOVID-19. Wisconsin's Covid Condition: Omicron drives explosive case growth as hospitalizations, deaths remain high. While most fully vaccinated and boosted people …

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Whistleblower claims Milwaukee doctor performed unneeded …

WEBWisconsin Watch. May 3, 2023 • Southeast Region. A whistleblower has alleged that a gynecologic oncologist at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee endangered …

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