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Category: Health & Welfare

Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Cruel and Unusual?, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety

‘He shouldn’t have had to die’: COVID-19 infects half of Wisconsin inmates, five times the overall state rate

by Vanessa Swales February 13th, 2021February 24th, 2021 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

Prisoners lack space and some say rules to curb COVID-19 are unevenly enforced

Posted inEconomy, Health & Welfare, Outbreak Wisconsin

‘It’s a scary transition’: After pandemic closes doors at bars and restaurants, Amy Moreland carves a new career path

by Bridgit Bowden February 3rd, 2021February 24th, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Environment, Health & Welfare

Wisconsin’s No. 1 mink farming industry now seen as a COVID-19 risk

by Kate Golden for Wisconsin Watch January 30th, 2021February 24th, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Health & Welfare

So you’ve been diagnosed with COVID-19. What next?

by Bram Sable-Smith January 18th, 2021February 24th, 2021
Posted inEconomy, Health & Welfare

Wisconsin farmers: Fixing farm finances will improve mental health

by Jack Kelly for Wisconsin Watch January 16th, 2021February 24th, 2021
Posted inEconomy, Health & Welfare

‘The happiness and joy has been sucked out of me’: Wisconsin dairy farmers face mental health crisis

by Jack Kelly for Wisconsin Watch January 16th, 2021February 24th, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Health & Welfare, Outbreak Wisconsin

‘I’m happy to be part of history’: An ER nurse gets the coronavirus vaccine, offering example to others

by Bram Sable-Smith December 28th, 2020February 24th, 2021
Posted inCostly Care, Health & Welfare

‘I just kind of panicked’: Patients confused as hospitals file liens to recoup costs of treating injured uninsured

by Bram Sable-Smith December 22nd, 2020February 24th, 2021
Posted inCostly Care, Health & Welfare

A Wisconsin hospital promised to stop suing most patients during the pandemic. Then it filed 200 lawsuits.

by Bram Sable-Smith December 21st, 2020February 24th, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Health & Welfare, Outbreak Wisconsin

Charles Sheppard, Who Helped Hundreds Of Homeless Vets In Milwaukee, Dies Of COVID-19 At 61

by Megan Hart (WPR) December 18th, 2020February 24th, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Health & Welfare, Outbreak Wisconsin

‘Every single one of them changed lives’: 6 nuns at Greenfield Convent die of COVID-19

by Maureen McCollum (WPR) December 17th, 2020February 24th, 2021
Posted inHealth & Welfare, Outbreak Wisconsin

Rosemary Kraemer, beloved mother, grandmother and ‘GG’, dies of COVID-19 at 74

by Bridgit Bowden December 15th, 2020February 24th, 2021

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