Author: Tim Stumm

Public health strategies, like contact tracing, isolation and public education, contained this year’s measles outbreak in Oconto County. 

St. Croix Regional Medical Center will receive $105 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to build a 130,000-square-foot replacement hospital in St. Croix Falls. 

The Legislature’s budget-writing committee has put the brakes on a plan by the state’s licensing agency to use technology to reduce call wait times. 

The Group Insurance Board, which oversees the health plan for state and some local government employees, recently renewed its wellness program contract with WebMD for an additional year. 

Lakeland Care, a managed care organization based in Fond du Lac, will no longer join CareSource, an Ohio-based nonprofit health insurer. 

Inner Haven Wellness, a provider that treats eating disorders, will expand into the Milwaukee area next month. 

Congress should reject a moratorium on state laws addressing artificial intelligence, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul and 35 other attorneys general wrotecongressional leaders last week. 

More cigar bars could open in Wisconsin under legislation the Senate sent to Gov. Tony Evers for consideration on Tuesday. 

Gov. Tony Evers’ administration has allocated more than $282 million in financial assistance for 74 municipalities to improve drinking water quality. 

UW Health has started building a new medical center on Madison’s west side.