Milwaukee officials urged parents, caregivers and teachers Tuesday to encourage teenagers to practice abstinence, use protection if they’re sexually active and get tested for sexually transmitted infections as the city deals with a cluster of HIV and syphilis cases.
Pensions and healthcare costs for Milwaukee County retirees could pose a threat to mental healthcare services in the future, panelists warned at a Wisconsin Health News event Tuesday.
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Ozaukee County is the highest ranked county in Wisconsin when it comes to health outcomes and health factors, according to the annual County Health Rankings and Roadmaps report released Wednesday.
The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance opened up a public comment period Tuesday on the state’s draft request to the federal government to establish a reinsurance program to hold down costs in the individual market.
A legislative committee held a public hearing on a bill that would allow employers in the state to band together and self-insure their health plans, but the bill’s author is still considering changes that the Assembly made to the proposal.
Wisconsin emergency departments saw suspected opioid overdoses more than double between July 2016 and last September, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday.
(MADISON, Wis.) Individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mood disorders will have new options for local quality care beginning this March at Rogers Memorial Hospital–Madison, 406 Science Drive, Suite 110. “An...
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