Children’s Health

As the weather grows colder, Wisconsin health officials are urging residents to get vaccinated for several respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19. The plea comes as people are facing more confusion and hurdles over getting a COVID shot.

Republican authors of a bill directing schools to create a process telling parents how to opt their kids out of vaccine requirements said at a public hearing Wednesday the measure isn’t “anti-vax.” But Democratic lawmakers alleged it was aimed at shaking the public’s confidence in vaccines.

A teenage student who was injured in the December shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison has been released from American Family Children’s Hospital.

A UW-Madison counseling psychologist offers advice for helping young people and adults manage mental health after traumatic events like recent shootings.

A new health care facility in the Green Bay area will provide better access to pediatric primary and behavioral health services, along with specialty care.

As the air quality reached unhealthy levels in Wisconsin recently, some summer camp leaders opted to move children inside. 

State health officials are urging families to vaccinate their children before the upcoming school year, following the first cases of measles reported in Wisconsin this weekend.

Nine cases of measles have been confirmed in Oconto County, and local public health officials are working to identify and notify people who may have been exposed to the virus.

Families across Wisconsin will soon have better access to a large-scale form of genetic testing to help diagnose infants with rare conditions.

Several teams of painters, movers and cleaners are working to remove lead hazards at over 40 schools in Milwaukee this summer.