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Advocates for people who suffer or have died from COVID-19 in Massachusetts and around the country say they're alarmed by new federal health recommendations regarding the disease
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Critical, but stable. That's how an industry group describes the state of Wisconsin's health-care workforce. Amid some brighter spots, shortages loom large in the face of an aging population
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WXPR’s Hannah Davis-Reid spoke with Republican Congressman Tom Tiffany of Minocqua about the legislation, as well as a transgender anti-violence advocate opposed to the bill.
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Decades’ worth of toxic "forever chemicals" are sitting in landfills, presenting a new contaminant for waste handlers who didn’t create the pollution, but now find themselves awash in it. A few companies are trying to filter PFAS out of their leachate, and researchers are studying whether it might escape from trash into the air.
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Assisted living promises more independence than nursing homes, but it carries risks: fewer protections for seniors who run out of savings.
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The Quit Line has sent a free two-week starter kit of nicotine patches, lozenges, or gum to eligible tobacco users for some time. Now, for a limited time, the Quit Line will offer eight weeks of free medication.
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Leadership and outreach teams from the VA Medical Center will be travelling around northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula starting next week.They’ll be hosting nine Veteran Town Halls between March 5-7.
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Wisconsin doctors say the state could help save lives by extending postpartum Medicaid coverage to a full year, as many states offer. But the Legislature again blocked an extension.
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A new report contended only one in three people with commercial health insurance and a mental health condition is able to find proper mental health care
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Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a 174-year-old state law that conservatives have interpreted as an abortion ban. The organization filed a petition Thursday asking the high court to find the law unconstitutional without letting any lower courts rule first.
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Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have passed a bill that would unlock $125 million to fight so-called forever chemicals. But Gov. Tony Evers isn't on board with the plan.
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On Monday night, the Lincoln County Board of Supervisors voted 15-6 to sell the Pine Crest Nursing Home for $8.5 million.