Health

• Photo Gallery

  23rd Cullen Healthy Heart Run a Success

  Feb 14th, 2019 by Erol Reyal

  Some 500 people brave the freeze to raise money for Medical College of Wisconsin.

• Nursing Homes Need 16,000 Workers

  Feb 12th, 2019 by Danielle Kaeding

  New report says state’s nursing facilities face funding shortfalls, worker shortages.

• Opioid Prescriptions in State Down 29%

  Feb 11th, 2019 by Shamane Mills

  Doctors writing fewer prescriptions since 2015, but overdoes deaths still rising.

• Op Ed

  Evers, GOP Leaders Need Health Care Ideas

  Feb 5th, 2019 by John Torinus

  They could learn from local experts like Albrecht Free Clinic in West Bend.

• City Hall

  Council Approves Civilian Health Oversight Board

  Feb 5th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene

  In the wake of health department's critical failures, mayor and council want more oversight.

• Report Finds Growing Physician Job Burnout

  Feb 4th, 2019 by Shamane Mills

  Medical Society finds “alarming” level of dissatisfaction, fatigue for state’s doctors.

• Evers Tells Kaul to Drop ACA Lawsuit

  Jan 23rd, 2019 by Laurel White

  Governor says people voted for this, but GOP legislators insist AG must obey their new law.

• Vos May Amend Pre-Existing Conditions Bill

  Jan 22nd, 2019 by Laurel White

  Open to some changes Evers wants, but not others. Vote scheduled for today.

• The State of Politics

  Drug Epidemic Drains County Budgets

  Jan 21st, 2019 by Steven Walters

  Case worker loads soar, state funding inadequate, counties making up for shortfall.

• 25% of Prescribed Antibiotics Are Unnecessary

  Jan 21st, 2019 by Shamane Mills

  So says new study. But Wisconsin’s rate of prescribing antibiotics is below national average.

• Lead-Free Homes a Priority for Kowalik

  Jan 17th, 2019 by Corri Hess

  But “we don’t have enough contractors,” city’s new health commissioner says.

• Republicans Back Bill on Pre-Existing Conditions

  Jan 16th, 2019 by Shamane Mills

  But Evers warns if protections weaker than Obamacare he will veto the legislation.