Category: Public Health
State’s uninsured rate falls
Wisconsin’s uninsured rate fell to 5.2 percent last year, down 0.2 percentage points from 2021, according to recent estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The decline is within the study's margin of error.
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Falls prevention should be prioritized, says report
Falls are a leading cause of injury and death in the state, and the number that emergency medical services providers are responding to is increasing at “an accelerated pace,” according to a study released by the Department of Health Services last week.
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Project aims to provide healthy food to 120 expectant Milwaukee mothers
Progressive Community Health Centers and Food for Health are working together to provide medically tailored meals, nutrition education and well-being coaching to 120 expectant mothers in Milwaukee.
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Planned Parenthood to resume abortion services Monday
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will resume abortion services Monday in Milwaukee and Madison, after a Dane County judge said this summer that an 1849 state law doesn’t apply to consensual medical abortions.
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Committee backs closing ‘loophole’ in provider sexual assault law
An Assembly committee last week unanimously recommended a bipartisan bill for passage that would make sexual assaulting a patient a felony for all healthcare providers — regardless of where they work.
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DHS funds more public health vending machines
The Department of Health Services has provided money to 15 more local government, nonprofit and tribal agencies to stock vending machines with free fentanyl test strips and Narcan, a medication that can reverse an opioid overdose, according to a Thursday statement.
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HIV diagnoses increased in 2021, likely due to delayed testing
Wisconsin saw an increase in HIV diagnoses in 2021, but the uptick may be a result of delayed testing due to the “unprecedented impacts” of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent state report.
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