Author: Tim Stumm

Republican lawmakers called for more federal action on mental health, during events held near the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week.

More than half of kids with special healthcare needs have a mental health condition and often have more challenges in getting care than their peers without disabilities, according to a brief released by the Wisconsin Office of Children’s Mental Health on Tuesday. 

The Wisconsin Development Board of South Central Wisconsin will use $4 million in federal funds to build out healthcare apprenticeship programs. 

Voters with certain disabilities will be able to ask election officials to send them absentee ballots by email this November under a temporary order issued by a Dane County judge Tuesday. 

A $5 million federal grant will support a consortium working to improve health outcomes for older adults through workforce training and education. 

For the second year in a row, graduating medical students were less likely to choose residency programs in states that had abortion bans and restrictions. That’s according to a recent report from the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Congress should support the expansion of rural residency training programs, help further the rural training of other healthcare professionals and facilitate partnerships at the local and state level to create healthcare training programs, a Wisconsin expert said at a congressional hearing last month.