Health

Wisconsin health leaders say they are “greatly concerned” about the new vaccine guidelines released Monday by the federal government.

Although this year’s flu vaccine isn’t a perfect match for a new strain of the virus, it can still help prevent people from getting seriously ill. A Wisconsin doctor explains the risks and what people can do to stay safe.

The federal government is suing one of the largest health systems in Wisconsin, claiming that it discriminated against an employee by denying a nurse’s request for a religious exemption for receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.

Wisconsin musician Rökker is marking the one-year anniversary of his cardiac arrest with another show at the same club. And he’s using his experience to encourage people to get trained in CPR and to advocate for more access to emergency defibrillators at performance venues.

For the past 13 years, the Salcherts have adopted five children who have terminal prognoses. They hope to give the children love and a comforting home during their illness.

One proposal would prohibit the use of Medicaid funds to cover the cost of gender-affirming care for patients under age 18. Another would block all Medicaid and Medicare funding from hospitals that provide pediatric gender-affirming care

The program recently moved to a new location at the Milwaukee County Research Park, which is more than triple the size of its former facility in Greenfield.

Two children in Wisconsin have died of respiratory illnesses, the state Department of Health Services announced.

On Wednesday, MPS Superintendent Brenda Cassellius and City of Milwaukee officials announced the school district’s lead stabilization work is complete.

With the loss of key Affordable Care Act tax credits on the horizon, some Wisconsin small business owners and their employees are scrambling to find health care as the final open enrollment deadline approaches.