Health
State Offering Aid for Local Health Clinics
$10 million of CARES Act funding is set aside to help clinics in underserved communities.
May 29th, 2020 by Erik Gunn, Wisconsin Examiner
Hispanics Now Have Greatest Number of COVID-19 Cases in Milwaukee
Also, county's poorest are more than 2.5 times as likely to contract COVID-19.
May 28th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
State Reports New COVID-19 Testing Record
Death toll reaches 550, but percentage of tests coming back positive is falling.
May 28th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
New Highs for COVID-19 Testing, Cases, Deaths
State reports over 10,000 tests in a single day for the first time.
May 27th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Wealthy Hospitals Grab Pandemic Payouts
Ascension Health and 19 other health care giants grab $5 billion in federal funds while smaller hospitals get little.
May 27th, 2020 by Bruce Murphy
Report Predicts Second COVID-19 Surge in State
Virus reproducing faster in Wisconsin than all but nine states, British study finds.
May 26th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
COVID-19 Hospitalizations Hit 30-Day High in Wisconsin
279 new cases in past 24 hours.
May 26th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Where Are City’s COVID-19 Hotspots?
Big change as south side census tracts now have far higher rate than on North Side.
May 26th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
State Creating a Contact Tracing Army
Goal of 1,000 tracers, librarians, National Guard members may be recruited.
May 25th, 2020 by Jacob Fischler, Wisconsin Examiner
307 New COVID-19 Cases, 24 Hospitalizations, 4 Deaths
Wisconsin reports third-highest single-day testing total, while positive case rate falls.
May 25th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Milwaukee Opens Its Active Streets
Custer, Fratney and Washington reconfigured for pedestrians and cyclists over motor vehicles.
May 24th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Wisconsin Crosses 15,000 COVID-19 Case Threshold
400 new cases Sunday, with percent positive exactly matching the seven-day average.
May 24th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
