Jan 9, 2014 | Press Releases |
Contact: Jennifer Miller, (608) 266-1683 MADISON—Wisconsin has seen a recent dramatic increase in the number of hospitalizations resulting from influenza, including admissions to intensive care units (ICU), and an increase in...
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CONTACT: Susan Lampert Smith, (608) 890-5643, ssmith5@uwhealth.org Madison, Wis. — Why do animals ranging from fruit flies to humans all need to sleep? After all, sleep disconnects them from their environment, puts them...
Read MoreJan 8, 2014 | Press Releases |
Due to ongoing repairs to a water line break, UW Health East Clinic at the American Center will be closed again Thursday, January 9. This includes the GHC clinic at this location. We hope to resume operations at this location...
Read MoreJan 8, 2014 | Press Releases |
The Green Bay Packers Foundation is supporting farm families in Outagamie, Shawano, and Waupaca counties through a $1,000 grant to the Rural Health Initiative. The Rural Health Initiative takes healthcare directly to farmers in...
Read MoreJan 7, 2014 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
While many consumers have successfully purchased coverage on the state's federally-facilitated health insurance exchange, others are still having problems, the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance said Monday. For some plans, the exchange is not displaying correct cost-sharing information. Certain plans are listed without a deductible when in fact a deductible requirement is tied to the plan. (WHN, 1/7)
Jan 7, 2014 | Press Releases |
UW Health East Clinic in the American Center will be closed again on Wednesday, January 8 due to a water line break. This closure also affects the GHC clinic at this location. We are currently contacting patients and...
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MARSHFIELD, Wis. – The President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), credited with dramatic reductions in child death rates in sub-Saharan Africa, has selected the director of the National Farm Medicine Center (NFMC) at Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation to design a program that monitors its pesticide applicators for overexposure to those chemicals.
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Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel reports: "Johnson's filing further stirred a rift within his own party over how Republicans should attack the health care law. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, a fellow Wisconsin Republican and ardent Obamacare critic, said Monday he personally appealed to Johnson on Friday to not file the lawsuit and received an 'emphatic no.'"
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