Category: COVID-19 Update

DHS will resume funding for grants canceled by Trump administration

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 9, 2025 | COVID-19 Update, Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

State health officials said Wednesday that they will resume funding projects supported by $225 million in grants canceled by President Donald Trump’s administration, a day after they said they were putting the funds on hold.

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Federal officials end grants supporting COVID-19-related research at UW

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 4, 2025 | COVID-19 Update, Federal Government, Top Stories | 0 |

Federal officials pulled money from two COVID-19-related research projects at the University of Wisconsin last week, according to a declaration that is part of a challenge against widespread abrupt terminations of health funding.

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Public divided over COVID-19 closures, poll finds

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 6, 2025 | Abortion, Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Legislature, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wisconsinites are more divided than ever on whether closing schools and businesses was appropriate, according to the results of a Marquette Law School Poll released Wednesday.

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Public health officials predict a milder respiratory illness season

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 13, 2024 | COVID-19 Update, Top Stories, Vaccines | 0 |

Wisconsin’s upcoming respiratory disease season is forecasted to be milder than last season, a state epidemiologist told reporters Thursday.

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Evers urges voters to reject GOP-backed push for legislative oversight of federal dollars

by Sean Kirkby | Jul 30, 2024 | COVID-19 Update, Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Gov. Tony Evers on Monday urged Wisconsin voters to reject a Republican-backed push to amend the state’s Constitution to give the Legislature more say over the spending of federal dollars, following a fight between the governor and GOP lawmakers over COVID-19 relief money.

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Public mistrust leaves the country unprepared for next pandemic, says former HHS Secretary Thompson

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 10, 2024 | COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

Former Gov. Tommy Thompson, who led the federal health department under President George W. Bush, doesn’t think the country is ready for another pandemic.

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DHS-run COVID-19 treatment telehealth service ends

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 10, 2024 | COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

A state effort to boost access to COVID-19 treatments ends Wednesday.

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DHS welcomes updated respiratory disease guidance

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 4, 2024 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services on Friday welcomed updated federal guidance that shortens isolation recommendations for COVID-19.

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Hospital CEOs: Workforce situation improving, but challenges remain

by Sean Kirkby | Dec 13, 2023 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin health system and hospital leaders say workforce shortages are abating, although challenges remain coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Milwaukee County set to drop medical debt relief effort

by Sean Kirkby | Dec 4, 2023 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Milwaukee County will no longer move forward on a proposal to leverage federal COVID-19 relief funds to forgive low-income residents’ medical debt.

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State grants support veterans’ mental health

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 20, 2023 | Behavioral Health, Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Mental Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Nearly $500,000 will go to seven organizations providing mental health services to veterans, the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs said Friday.

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Respiratory disease cases are on the rise, but haven’t peaked

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 17, 2023 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

Cases of flu, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, are on the rise. However, unlike last year, the diseases seem to be on a trend to peak around or after the holidays, rather than earlier, a state health official said Thursday.

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