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Category: Coronavirus Coverage

Wisconsin Watch’s reporters and editors are investigating state and local impacts of the global pandemic and issues related to quality of life in Wisconsin. Also follow our Wisconsin COVID-19 Update — a roundup of top news and information about Wisconsin’s response to the coronavirus.

Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Health & Welfare

Wisconsin’s multigenerational homes face higher COVID-19 risk

by Pratheek Rebala, April Simpson, Susan Ferriss and Taylor Johnston / Center for Public Integrity and Vanessa Swales / Wisconsin Watch April 27th, 2021June 15th, 2021 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

About 13% of residents live in multigenerational homes, many of them families of color. These residents face a higher risk of infection and death.

Posted inCoronavirus Coverage

Wisconsin has wasted few COVID-19 vaccine doses, data show

by Bram Sable-Smith / Wisconsin Watch March 15th, 2021March 18th, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage

How to get a COVID-19 shot in Wisconsin: Vaccine hunters share tips

by Bram Sable-Smith / Wisconsin Watch March 12th, 2021March 12th, 2021
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 / Wisconsin Watch February 13th, 2021March 29th, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Economy, 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, 2021May 6th, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Health & Welfare

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

by Bram Sable-Smith / Wisconsin Watch January 18th, 2021March 8th, 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 / Wisconsin Watch December 28th, 2020February 24th, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Health & Welfare

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

by Megan Hart (WPR) December 18th, 2020August 23rd, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage

Duane Bark — beloved educator and football coach who painted daughter’s nails, dies of COVID-19 at 61

by Bram Sable-Smith / Wisconsin Watch December 17th, 2020August 23rd, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Health & Welfare

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

by Maureen McCollum (WPR) December 17th, 2020August 23rd, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Health & Welfare

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

by Bridgit Bowden / Wisconsin Public Radio December 15th, 2020August 23rd, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Health & Welfare

Edward Anderson, WWII veteran who spent months as prisoner of war, dies of COVID-19 at 97

by Rob Mentzer / Wisconsin Public Radio December 14th, 2020August 23rd, 2021

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