Prisoners lack space and some say rules to curb COVID-19 are unevenly enforced
Depression in Dairyland
‘The happiness and joy has been sucked out of me’: Wisconsin dairy farmers face mental health crisis
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Many Wisconsin milk producers are overwhelmed, dogged by financial worries, a crushing workload, labor shortages and bad weather
Outbreak Wisconsin
‘I’m happy to be part of history’: An ER nurse gets the coronavirus vaccine, offering example to others
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Health care workers were among the first in Wisconsin on Dec. 14 to receive doses of the new Pfizer vaccine after the state’s first shipments arrived.
Costly Care
‘I just kind of panicked’: Patients confused as hospitals file liens to recoup costs of treating injured uninsured
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Hospitals file liens against uninsured patients to get a cut of compensation in personal injury lawsuits.
Costly Care
A Wisconsin hospital promised to stop suing most patients during the pandemic. Then it filed 200 lawsuits.
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Consumer advocates see an ‘electronic debtor’s prison’ when hospitals and collection agencies take patients to court.
Outbreak Wisconsin
Charles Sheppard, Who Helped Hundreds Of Homeless Vets In Milwaukee, Dies Of COVID-19 At 61
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Charles had been homeless, and believed in the power of one vet helping another.
Outbreak Wisconsin
‘Every single one of them changed lives’: 6 nuns at Greenfield Convent die of COVID-19
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These six sisters lived their lives as educators and care providers. They all died from complications of COVID-19.
Outbreak Wisconsin
Rosemary Kraemer, beloved mother, grandmother and ‘GG’, dies of COVID-19 at 74
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Rosemary Kraemer died Oct. 14, 2020, of complications from COVID-19 at age 74. She is one of more than 4,000 Wisconsinites lost to the virus.
Outbreak Wisconsin
Edward Anderson, WWII veteran who spent months as prisoner of war, dies of COVID-19 at 97
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Anderson was 97 when he died of COVID-19 in November, one of more than 4,000 Wisconsinites who’ve died from the disease.
Coronavirus Coverage
COVID-19 killed a thousand Wisconsinites in three weeks. These residents don’t see the danger.
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Some Wisconsinites downplay the severity of COVID-19, spurning masks and vaccinations and inhibiting efforts to contain the pandemic.
Coronavirus Coverage
Illness, stress fill a COVID-19 unit as Wisconsin leaders stalemate
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Health care workers scrambled to treat patients on a day when 92 Wisconsin lives were reported lost. Outside of the hospital, politicians postured.
Coronavirus Coverage
‘Infodemic’ complicates Wisconsin’s public health fight against coronavirus
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Misrepresentations of COVID-19 data are spreading on social media, making it harder to slow the pandemic.
Coronavirus Coverage
Wisconsin’s plentiful COVID-19 data fuels insights, confusion as health officials learn on the fly
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An aging state data system frustrates local health agencies — and critics of regulations seize on information gaps.