Health
Scaling Language Barriers in Fight Against COVID-19
Healthcare workers are finding ways to better communicate to city's Spanish-speaking residents.
Jul 10th, 2020 by Matt Martinez, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Maps Tell Story of City’s Overdose Crisis
2020 on pace to shatter record for drug overdoses. High rate of deaths on South Side.
Jul 10th, 2020 by Isiah Holmes, Wisconsin Examiner
Milwaukee County’s Daily COVID-19 Case Total Rising
Contact tracing shows the summer is melting away physical distancing requirements.
Jul 9th, 2020 by Graham Kilmer
Wisconsin Sets New Single-Day COVID-19 Case High
30-day testing high, but positive case rate ticks upward.
Jul 9th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Mask Mandate Passes Committee
Proposal would require masks indoors and outdoors, but with limited enforcement.
Jul 9th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Unemployment Claims Continue At Unprecedented Rate
DWD triples workforce for unemployment insurance system in response.
Jul 9th, 2020 by Graham Kilmer
How to Stay Cool in Heat Wave
Relief harder to find amid pandemic. Some groups in city offering help.
Jul 9th, 2020 by Bridget Fogarty, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
The War Against Masks
It’s the most cost effective way to slow the pandemic. So why such opposition?
Jul 8th, 2020 by Bruce Thompson
20 Days of Climbing COVID-19 Positive Case Rate
Active hospitalizations also hit three week high.
Jul 8th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Evers Won’t Issue New Shutdown Order
Cites Republican and Supreme Court opposition even as state cases double in just one month.
Jul 8th, 2020 by Erik Gunn, Wisconsin Examiner
Milwaukee Mask Mandate Scaled Back
Special council committee to debate it. Outdoor requirement scaled back, minimum age raised.
Jul 8th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Bus Passengers May Face Mask Mandate
County committee okays policy and full board likely to agree, could be in place August 1.
Jul 8th, 2020 by Graham Kilmer
