Tuesday, January 25, 2022 - 5:00am
Some people lost family members in the pandemic. Some lost jobs or changed careers. Patients and health care workers faced overburdened hospitals. We talked to Wisconsinites about the ways the pandemic has affected them.
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Monday, January 24, 2022 - 9:00am
UW-Madison health administrator Jake Baggott believes COVID-19 mitigation strategies the university has had in place during the course of the pandemic will serve the campus well in the Omicron surge. Here & Now reporter Will Cushman explains how even when Wisconsin does start to recede from the peak of this…
Monday, January 24, 2022 - 6:15am
Finding enough substitute teachers to cover absences, a challenge even before the pandemic, has hit a crisis point as omicron pushes thousands of Wisconsinites into illness and quarantine.
Monday, January 24, 2022 - 5:00am
January showed the coronavirus pandemic is not over. In some ways, it was the worst month Wisconsin has had. With curveballs at every turn, health officials say the prospects for 2022 are uncertain.
Sunday, January 23, 2022 - 10:30am
Some conservatives are taking aim at policies that allow doctors to consider race as a risk factor when allocating scarce COVID-19 treatments, saying the protocols discriminate against white people.
Saturday, January 22, 2022 - 10:00am
A rundown of relevant and interesting reads from across the state, shared every Saturday.
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Friday, January 21, 2022 - 6:50pm
PBS Wisconsin reporter Will Cushman discusses the record number of new COVID-19 cases reported during the omicron wave and how the state health department is working to keep pace with the numbers.
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Friday, January 21, 2022 - 6:50pm
Medical ethicist Karola Kreitmair, an assistant professor at UW-Madison, explains how hospitals make tough decisions to triage patients both vaccinated and unvaccinated for COVID-19 in the pandemic.
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Friday, January 21, 2022 - 6:45pm
Jake Baggott, executive director of University Health Services at UW-Madison, describes campus preparations for students starting the spring 2022 semester as COVID-19's omicron surge continues.
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Friday, January 21, 2022 - 6:40pm
Wisconsin National Guard members are training to serve as certified nursing assistants to alleviate strains hospitals are facing due to the Omicron wave in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Friday, January 21, 2022 - 2:35pm
Wisconsin health officials are warning that the omicron surge of COVID-19 has yet to hit its highest peak. The variant continues to drive record growth in new cases across the state, though hospitalizations have started to level off. At the same time, newly reported deaths attributed to COVID-19 are at…
Thursday, January 20, 2022 - 3:45pm
Wisconsin's seven-day average of new COVID-19 infections reached its highest point in the pandemic Thursday, as officials said they do not yet see evidence that the latest wave has crested.
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Thursday, January 20, 2022 - 1:10pm
School districts across Wisconsin are once again being forced to deal with the consequences of a COVID-19 surge — in a third consecutive school and calendar year. The serious virulence of the omicron variant has made it difficult for school districts to keep operations running as staff fall sick or…
Thursday, January 20, 2022 - 6:55am
School bus driver shortages have prompted the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to waive a portion of the test drivers need to take for their school bus certification.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 - 2:40pm
Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - 3:30pm
Wisconsin Republicans have introduced a package of bills that would scale back safety net programs like unemployment insurance and Medicaid, arguing the government is to blame for the state’s workforce shortage.
Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - 1:45pm
The Milwaukee Common Council has passed a new mask mandate for Wisconsin's largest city. The new order compromises with mandate opponents by setting a March 1 deadline and eliminating financial penalties.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - 9:41am
All 72 counties in Wisconsin are in the "critically high" category for COVID-19 transmission and the Dept. of Health Services continues its push to implement mitigation strategies as hospitals struggle to care for sick patients. Sen. Ron Johnson is running for a third term even though he vowed he would…
Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - 7:00am
With COVID-19 keeping people at home, hospitals and blood banks across Wisconsin and the nation are facing critical blood shortages.
Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - 5:50am
Testing children under 3 for COVID-19 is more difficult than getting tests for older kids and adults, since many sites don't have the capacity to swab the youngest children.
Monday, January 17, 2022 - 7:15am
A program targeting vaccine appeals to rural Wisconsinites has resulted in nearly 100,000 COVID-19 vaccinations, according to Marshfield Clinic.
Monday, January 17, 2022 - 6:25am
Only one in 10 Wisconsinites were meeting the daily recommendations for incorporating fruits and vegetables into their diets two years ago, according to a CDC study released earlier this month.
Saturday, January 15, 2022 - 10:00am
A rundown of relevant and interesting reads from across the state, shared every Saturday.
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Friday, January 14, 2022 - 6:45pm
Karen Timberlake, Secretary-designee of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, describes how hospitals are being overwhelmed as COVID-19 case counts hit new peaks with the Omicron variant.
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Friday, January 14, 2022 - 6:40pm
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is dipping into its stockpile of N95 masks to give out across Wisconsin, as they're recommended but, for some, hard to come by. One effort in Madison is working to get masks into the hands of the community. "It's been nonstop. This line behind…
Friday, January 14, 2022 - 4:00pm
With the omicron variant impacting workers and production around the globe, we discuss how the resulting supply shortage has kept inflation high, and what that means for the current health of the rest of our economy.
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Friday, January 14, 2022 - 4:10pm
Fueled by sky-high transmission of the omicron variant around Wisconsin, COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state reached a new pandemic high during the second full week of 2022. Daily case counts in the state have surpassed record highs multiple times over the same period, in a trajectory similar to what has…
Friday, January 14, 2022 - 4:00pm
With the omicron variant impacting workers and production around the globe, we discuss how the resulting supply shortage has kept inflation high, and what that means for the current health of the rest of our economy.
Friday, January 14, 2022 - 2:10pm
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is temporarily suspending in-person visits at state prisons as active COVID-19 cases among inmates have tripled in the past week.
Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 5:55pm
A Waukesha County Judge has issued a ruling that would ban the use of absentee ballot drop boxes in Wisconsin, potentially removing an option for voting ahead of the state's midterm elections.