Author: Tim Stumm

BadgerCare Plus enrollment dipped slightly last month. 

Wisconsin kindergarteners are less protected than kids in other states against whooping cough, tetanus, measles and other infections. That’s according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Department of Public Instruction will receive $10 million over the next five years from the federal government to boost kids’ mental health. 

The Wisconsin Partnership Program said earlier this month it’s awarding $440,000 to 25 projects as part of its 20th anniversary. The endowment at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health awarded the money to projects that aim to advance health equity. 

Wisconsin hospitals are expecting intravenous and other fluid shortages to last months as a major manufacturer works to bring a North Carolina plant back online after damage by Hurricane Helene. 

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and her challenger Republican Eric Hovde said during a Friday debate that they support Medicare drug price negotiations. 

Recently arrived migrants are severely impoverished and impacted by significant trauma, affecting the way community health centers provide care. 

President Joe Biden’s administration finalized a rule Tuesday that will require drinking water systems to replace lead pipes within the next decade. 

The State Building Commission on Tuesday approved a series of local infrastructure projects, some of which impact healthcare. 

Epic faces an antitrust lawsuit from Particle Health, a New York health information technology company, that claims the Verona-based electronic health records vendor used a “multi-tentacled approach to try to squash” it, according to a Monday statement.