A Wisconsin infant has died of measles, the first death of its kind in the state since 1990, the Department of Health Services reported Thursday.
Last month, the Forensic Science and Protective Medicine Facility in Milwaukee County opened, bringing together forensic scientists, medical examiners, emergency operations staff, and organ and tissue donation professionals into one central location.
Wisconsin Democrats will have control of the governor’s office and the Legislature in January for the first time since 2010. Healthcare is one of their top priorities.
The Medical College of Wisconsin has named Dr. Michael Stadler executive director of the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment.
Democrats swept the governor’s race and Legislature in Tuesday’s elections, giving the party a trifecta in state government for the first time since 2010.
The Department of Health Services is recommending the measles vaccine for infants who are 6 to 11 months old and whose families are likely to be exposed to the illness.
Jackson County is the latest Wisconsin county to see measles cases.
The number of kids receiving blood lead tests has increased, after declining during the COVID-19 pandemic and following a recommendation by the Department of Health Services that all kids get tested.
The Wisconsin State Building Commission last week signed off on a $61.2 million improvement project at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute in Oshkosh.
UW Health will open a $140 million expansion at its east Madison hospital on Nov. 2.