Health
UW System Students Increasingly Seeking Mental Health Counseling
The number of UW-System students that sought counseling is up 15% over five years.
Oct 9th, 2020 by Rich Kremer, Wisconsin Public Radio
GOP Legislators Attack Evers’ New Restrictions
But Republicans have proposed zero plans for dealing with the coronavirus.
Oct 9th, 2020 by Erik Gunn, Wisconsin Examiner
Hospitalizations Going Up, Transmission Rate Going Down
Milwaukee still has a high disease burden, but signs of slowing emerge.
Oct 9th, 2020 by Graham Kilmer
3,132 New COVID-19 Cases, A New Record
The number of people actively hospitalized sets another record.
Oct 8th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Milwaukee Enforcing Existing Capacity Restrictions Over Lower State Limits
Health Department determines its order is more restrictive, superseding blanket 25% restriction.
Oct 8th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
$80,000 Hospital Bill Pushed Me to Run for Office
Our health care system is broken. We need expanded BadgerCare in Wisconsin.
Oct 8th, 2020 by Jessica Katzenmeyer
Green Bay Replaces Every Lead Pipe
Five-year effort replaces more than 2,000 pipes. Lambeau Field tax helped pay for it.
Oct 7th, 2020 by Megan Hart, Wisconsin Public Radio
“This Is Going To Get Worse Before It Gets Better” Says Top Health Official
New records for actively hospitalized and newly admitted.
Oct 7th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Officials Prepping State Fair Park Care Facility
Hospitalization surge in COVID cases pushes northeast Wisconsin hospitals to their limits.
Oct 7th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Teachers ‘At The End of Their Rope’, Union Leader Says
Calls for no in-person classes unless communities meet benchmarks set by health experts.
Oct 7th, 2020 by Madeline Fox, Wisconsin Public Radio
853 Active COVID-19 Hospitalizations, New Record
Outstate counties overtaking Milwaukee's outbreak both in recent weeks and all-time totals.
Oct 6th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Pandemic Creates Plague of Evictions
11,600 in Houston, 4,000 in Milwaukee. CDC aims to curb them.
Oct 6th, 2020 by Bram Sable-Smith (WPR/Wisconsin Watch), Martha Bebinger (WBUR) and Darian Benson (Side Effects Public Media), Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
