UW Health, UnityPoint Health-Meriter and Epic collaborate on child care center
UW Health, UnityPoint Health-Meriter and Epic are opening a temporary child care center for children of healthcare workers, according to a Thursday statement.
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State agency takes action against price gouging
The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection said Wednesday that it’s taken action against Wisconsin businesses accused of price gouging during the COVID-19 epidemic.
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COVID-19 hitting Milwaukee’s north side, African-American community hard
Milwaukee officials said this week that the new coronavirus is hitting the African-American community on the city’s north side hard.
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GOP legislative leaders respond to safer-at-home order
Republican legislative leaders said Wednesday they’re giving Gov. Tony Evers the benefit of the doubt on his safer-at-home order, although they weren’t pleased with its rollout.
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Ascension Wisconsin joins health systems changing how they bill patients for COVID-19
Ascension Wisconsin won’t bill patients who are uninsured for COVID-19 related testing or treatment and won’t bill insured patients for related out-of-pocket expenses, a health system spokesperson said Wednesday.
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Wisconsin’s two senators back COVID-19 bill
Wisconsin’s two senators joined their colleagues Wednesday night in supporting a $2 trillion bill to address COVID-19.
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State GOP leaders will consider federal action before taking their own
Republican legislative leaders said Wednesday they need to understand how Congress is addressing COVID-19 before the state’s Legislature takes action.
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DHS: Thousands would be hospitalized without safer-at-home order
More than 20,000 Wisconsin residents could be hospitalized and up to 1,500 could die within two weeks without Gov. Tony Evers’ safer-at-home order, Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm told reporters Tuesday.
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COVID-19 testing capacity grows
More health systems and other labs in Wisconsin are coming on line with in-house COVID-19 testing.
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Safer-at-home order goes into effect
Gov. Tony Evers’ safer-at-home order went into effect at 8 a.m. Wednesday.
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