Health

A lot of focus surrounding PFAS has been on how it contaminated drinking water, but a new study is focused on how we may be consuming it in our food.

North-central Wisconsin may have avoided the post-holiday virus surge currently impacting other parts of the country.

Vaccination rates for U.S. kindergarteners are down again, and federal officials are launching a new campaign to try to bring them up. Usually, 94% to 95% of kindergarteners nationally are vaccinated against measles, tetanus, and certain other diseases.

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered higher rates of depression and anxiety, especially among young adults. But it also prompted some mental health services to become more accessible.

Cigarette sales in Wisconsin plummeted over the past 20 years, fueled by higher taxes and smoking bans, a report released Wednesday showed

State lacks financial and legislative support to help so-called innocent buyers.

Republican lawmakers who control the Wisconsin Legislature are moving closer to supporting the legalization of medical marijuana, after years of fighting efforts to loosen the state’s laws.

Wisconsin should regionalize mental health crisis services, experts say. A legislative stalemate has stalled funding

Many people will be ringing in the New Year at a party with friends and family.Those parties tend to come with copious amounts of alcohol.Health officials are reminding people to be cautious with which medications they’re mixing with that alcohol.

A child from Wisconsin has died from influenza.The state Department of Health Services says it’s the first child in the state to die from the virus this season.