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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is asking the federal government to prioritize Wisconsin in distributing COVID-19 vaccines to high-risk populations and health workers, citing high infection rates and Republican resistance to restrictions to control the coronavirus in the state, the Cap Times reports.
Today we highlight the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s coverage of Wisconsin’s progress — and challenges — in distributing vaccines that are crucial to halting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today we feature a Cap Times story highlighting the resilience of Dane County’s Latino community, which is facing disproportionate harms from COVID-19. Latinos make up just 6% of the county’s population but 15% of its infections.
Today we highlight an Appleton Post-Crescent story that examines the COVID-19 pandemic through the eyes of Katie Harris, a Fox Valley nurse who has “seen patients’ conditions worsen rapidly, from feeling fine in the morning to needing to be rushed to the ICU and placed on a ventilator in the afternoon.”
Today we highlight a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story about a “dangerous fiction” spreading during the COVID-19 pandemic — that the disease harms only the elderly or people with severe pre-existing illnesses.
Today we highlight a story by Maria Perez of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
She reports that Wisconsin food processing plants have been linked to more COVID-19 infections and deaths than previously disclosed. That includes four deaths linked to the JBS Packerland plant in Green Bay.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Tuesday reported 104 new deaths linked to COVID-19 — another record single-day tally as public health officials and overwhelmed hospital workers continue to urge Wisconsinites to avoid even small Thanksgiving gatherings that could increase infections and deaths.
Wisconsin reached 1,000 reported COVID-19 deaths in August — nearly five months into the pandemic. The death toll eclipsed 2,000 by Oct. 31. And by Saturday, just three weeks later, more than 3,000 Wisconsinites were reported dead.
Today we highlight our look inside of a busy Madison COVID-19 unit at a time when coronavirus infections and deaths continue to rise in Wisconsin.
The family of a Tyson Foods meat processing plant worker who died of COVID-19 is suing the company, alleging that managers wagered money on how many workers at Waterloo, Iowa plant would contract COVID-19, Sydney Czyzon reports for the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier.
Gov. Tony Evers announced Wednesday that he plans to declare a new public health emergency and extend his statewide mask mandate into mid-January as Wisconsin’s COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths continue to surge.
Today we highlight our examination of how Wisconsin leaders’ actions and lack of action in recent years set up the state’s unemployment insurance system to fail during the pandemic, leaving thousands of jobless residents without income for months.