Health

• Clarke Square Will Get New Clinic

  Dec 6th, 2019 by Edgar Mendez

  Sixteenth Street Community Center’s eighth near south side health clinic opening.

• Data Wonk

  Can Government Break Its Promises?

  Nov 27th, 2019 by Bruce Thompson

  Obamacare law’s promises to insurers later broken by Republicans. Courts will decide if that’s legal

• Evers Signs ‘Telehealth’ Bill

  Nov 26th, 2019 by Erik Gunn

  Medicaid patients who get health care delivered long-distance now qualify for coverage.

• The State of Politics

  Binge Drinking Cost County $594 Million

  Nov 25th, 2019 by Steven Walters

  New report finds $3.9 billion impact in 2018 for entire state. Wisconsin ranks second in binge drinking.

• Evers Vetos Bill on Nursing Assistants

  Nov 22nd, 2019 by Shamane Mills

  Would cut required training hours to get certified. Opponents say it would hurt patients.

• Seeking an RX for Rising Drug Prices

  Nov 21st, 2019 by Erik Gunn

  Governor’s task force brings business, consumers, Republicans and Democrats to the table

• Health Outcomes for City Children ‘Abysmal’

  Nov 15th, 2019 by Corri Hess

  Policy experts say health care in the city and state remains a crucial issue.

• Op Ed

  St. Joe’s Should Sign Community Benefits Agreement

  Nov 13th, 2019 by Rick Banks, Nate Gilliam and Jack Hanson

  Ascension's non-profit hospital is last such institution on North Side and services are badly needed.

• Milwaukeean Breaks Pinball World Record

  Nov 11th, 2019 by Elizabeth Dohms

  Wins Guinness world record and gets donations for Children’s Wisconsin.

• Legislators Can’t Intervene in Abortion Case, Court Says

  Nov 11th, 2019 by Ruth Conniff

  Leaves Attorney General Kaul to defend state in Planned Parenthood challenge to GOP-passed abortion law.

• How Local Doctors Discovered Vaping Illness

  Nov 10th, 2019 by Lauren Weber

  Medical College of Wisconsin doctors led the way to discovering some 1,300 vaping related cases in North America.

• The Cannabis Question

  More People Using Pot as Medicine

  Nov 9th, 2019 by Shayli Kipnis

  But state laws and research not yet on their side.