Children’s Health

Three more schools in Milwaukee are closing after staff with the city health department identified “significant lead hazards” when inspecting the properties this week.

Health officials in Milwaukee are holding a free lead poisoning screening clinic for school children who may have been exposed to dangerous levels of lead at four Milwaukee Public Schools.

With Wisconsin’s low measles vaccination rate, public health experts worry the state might soon see its own outbreak. “It’s really all hands on deck for our small department if a case were to come to Wisconsin,” said Melissa Geach, Iron County health officer.

For Alyssa Schade and the volunteers she works with, it’s about more than providing a place to sleep—it’s about giving kids a place to dream.

Lawmakers say the “Help Not Harm Act” will protect minors from “making life-altering, irreversible decisions that cause mental and bodily harm.”

Eighty-two percent of Wisconsin’s 2-year-olds had a measles shot in 2023, per state health data, down from 88 percent in 2013. Some Wisconsin counties saw much bigger drops.

Officials with the health department said they may move to shut down schools in Milwaukee to clean additional buildings that may have lead risk hazards.

The president’s order claims transition treatments can cause the youth to have higher medical bills over their lifetime and can lead to regret as they age because it may affect their ability to conceive children.

A national report shows nearly a third of children in Wisconsin’s rural communities have Medicaid coverage.

UW-Madison researchers used data collected from more than 11,000 youth over four years to discover a new way of thinking about childhood trauma and mental illness.