Some of Wisconsin’s most serious health problems, like smoking, obesity and infant mortality, are found at relatively high rates in Milwaukee.Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will ask the UW Board of Regents today to take another step toward spending tens of millions of dollars to create a School of Public Health at the UW-Milwaukee.Chuck Quirmbach looked into Milwaukee’s current public health efforts and has this report…
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