Women’s Health
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Breast cancer screenings should start at age 40, draft recommendations say
Those evidence-based recommendations are a change-up from the previous standard of women getting screened regularly after turning 50.
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BadgerCare recipients can get new over-the-counter birth control for free
DHS issued standing order for pharmacies to provide Opill at no out-of-pocket cost to BadgerCare recipients.
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Vice President Kamala Harris voices support for abortion access at Wisconsin visit
On the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Vice President Kamala Harris took to Waukesha County to discuss the importance of protecting abortion rights.
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Sheboygan County DA to appeal ruling that abortions are legal to Wisconsin Supreme Court
Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski is appealing a recent ruling from a Dane County judge that allowed abortions to proceed in Wisconsin. The district attorney said he believes a pre-Civil War state law prohibits consensual abortions and said he will petition the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take up the case in the hope of…
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Ice, apples and spelling: ‘Central Time’ staff select favorite programs from this year in Wisconsin
“Central Time” on WPR takes a unique approach to covering Wisconsin’s news, cultural trends and ideas — both big and small. Members of the “Central Time” staff each picked their favorite programs of 2023. Follow the links below to read more and listen to each show. Think you know about ice? Host: Rob Ferrett Air…
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Milwaukee Health Department plan targets racism as public health crisis
Milwaukee plans to address racism and health equity over the next five years by focusing on challenges like housing, maternal and child health and public safety. Those steps and others were outlined in the newest iteration of the MKE Elevate Community Health Improvement Plan announced Thursday by the City of Milwaukee Health Department. Report authors…
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Nearly all maternal deaths in Wisconsin are preventable, state review finds
A team of doctors, nurses, scientists, public health officials and others established by Wisconsin’s state health department to review the deaths of pregnant people is gradually affirming a nationwide pattern in the state: These deaths are almost always preventable. This year, the state’s Maternal Mortality Review Team studied 55 deaths that happened in 2021 and…
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Wisconsin GOP lawmaker says he’s open to legislation banning PFAS in certain products
A GOP lawmaker says he’s open to pursuing legislation that would restrict PFAS in certain products in Wisconsin, similar to a ban recently enacted by Minnesota. State Sen. Eric Wimberger, R-Green Bay, made the remarks during a Wisconsin Health News panel discussion last week. The northeastern Wisconsin lawmaker is among Republicans who authored a bill…
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Health economist warns against hospital mergers in Wisconsin and nationally
When Froedtert Health and ThedaCare announced an agreement in September to merge operations, the news marked the fourth time in a year that major Wisconsin health care providers had disclosed or finalized plans to combine forces. The news also underscored the growth of consolidation in health care nationally. Almost 1,900 hospital mergers happened from 1998…
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Wisconsin scientists studying gene-editing tech to cure blindness
As American and U.K. regulators approve the world’s first gene-editing treatment for sickle cell disease, Wisconsin scientists are researching how to use the same technology to treat two eye diseases that cause blindness. Krishanu Saha leads the CRISPR Vision Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is member of National Institute of Health’s Somatic Cell…