Author: Tim Stumm

The Milwaukee Health Department temporarily closed its sexual and reproductive health clinic due to staffing shortages. 

Republican lawmakers are pushing a bill that would make it easier to sue providers of gender-affirming care for children. The measure is opposed by healthcare provider groups, Children’s Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Republican legislators are seeking to change the definition of abortion in state statute so it doesn’t apply to certain medical procedures. 

Milwaukee County launched a program Wednesday to reduce lead-based paint hazards in suburban communities. 

Providers and educators hope an anticipated $1 billion from the federal government will boost technology, data infrastructure and the healthcare workforce in rural Wisconsin. 

UW Health, UnityPoint Health–Meriter and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, which is part of Lifepoint Health, are starting construction on a rehabilitation hospital in Fitchburg. 

Cylerity, a Madison-based healthcare financial tech company, raised $4 million in a funding round led by HealthX Ventures. 

Wisconsin’s FoodShare program, which provides food assistance to kids, families and seniors, will run out of funding next week due to the federal government shutdown. 

Gov. Tony Evers signed two bipartisan bills Tuesday that aim to support emergency medical services.