Health
27 COVID-19 Cases at House of Correction, All Inmates To Be Tested
Milwaukee County launches public dashboard tracking COVID-19 cases in three detention facilities.
Apr 17th, 2020 by Graham Kilmer
Healthcare Orgs Support Safer At Home Extension
More than a dozen major organizations in Wisconsin signed letter praising the extension.
Apr 17th, 2020 by Melanie Conklin, Wisconsin Examiner
COVID-19 Cluster Growing on City’s South Side
Hispanic community being hard hit by fast growing cluster.
Apr 17th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Milwaukee Area Receives $62 Million in COVID-19 Mass Transit Aid
MCTS will receive over $50 million from allocation
Apr 17th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Wisconsin Passes 4,000 COVID-19 Cases, 200 Deaths
Statewide ventilator use drops
Apr 17th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Near West Side Partners Provides Small Business Grants, Rent Assistance
Non-profit organization shifts programs focused on new home owners and businesses to helping those in need.
Apr 17th, 2020 by Graham Kilmer
State Still Reviewing Triage Guidelines for Ventilators
Committee has more time to decide how scarce medical equipment will be used.
Apr 17th, 2020 by Shamane Mills, Wisconsin Public Radio
First Responders Blast COVID-19 Workers’ Comp Law
Police, Firefighters say it will be too difficult to determine where they contracted virus on the job.
Apr 17th, 2020 by Laurel White, Wisconsin Public Radio
Officials Want Physicians To Request More COVID-19 Tests
Testing capacity is more than triple what's being requested. Officials want doctors to test more people.
Apr 16th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
More Than 22 Million Lost Jobs During Pandemic
A pair of economists estimate the unemployment rate is as high as 20 percent.
Apr 16th, 2020 by Graham Kilmer
Evers Joins Six Governors in Planning Reopening
Wisconsin partners with Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky.
Apr 16th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
What It’s Like to Have COVID-19
Three Milwaukeeans talk about their experience with the disease.
Apr 16th, 2020 by Sam Woods, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
