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Milwaukee County's new Mental Health Emergency Center will …

WEBMilwaukee County will be able to provide mental health treatment for local residents far closer to the neighborhoods where they need it, replacing the previously …

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Interactive map visualizes Wisconsin’s health disparities by county

WEBAn interactive graphic presents the Rankings & Roadmaps of Wisconsin county health data in a visual format. Centered on a map and detailed in a circular bar …

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Wisconsin ranks poorly in new report that maps disparities in …

WEBThe gap in the U.S. between the average health and well-being of white people and people who are Black, Latinx/Hispanic, or American Indian/Alaskan Native …

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An epidemic of distrust: New study details the public health …

WEBIn a new study – Examining Recent Trends in the Racial Disparity Gap in Tap Water Consumption: NHANES 2011–2018, my colleagues Anisha Patel, Francesca …

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Mental Health Complex to permanently close as County fully …

WEBThe Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Behavioral Health Services (BHS) announced on August 15 that the Milwaukee …

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Marcia P. Coggs Center: Milwaukee County breaks ground on new …

WEBCounty Executive David Crowley, local and state leaders, the Coggs family, and members of the public gathered on October 2 at a construction site in the King Park …

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The Cure: Why Universal healthcare would enable a healthier …

WEBIn addition to that staggering, preventable death toll, in 2020 alone, our “fragmented and inefficient healthcare system,” cost the U.S. $459 billion more than if …

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The dilemma of distance complicates health care options in rural

WEBThe same aspects of rural life that are attractive to many Wisconsinites — solitude, space, smaller communities — can often make getting the health care they …

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Wisconsin to allocate more Federal funding to address mental and

WEBThe funding, part of the American Rescue Plan Act signed into law in March, will add $24.6 million to mental health services and $22 million to substance use …

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Milwaukee nonprofits get $1.6M investment to strengthen the …

WEBThe Dohmen Company Foundation announced on November 30 that it was investing more than $1.6 million in nonprofits normalizing the concept of Food is …

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Digital wellness space launched to serve local LGBTQ+ community …

WEBMilwaukee Pride’s Health & Wellness area is a large component of the festival, taking up 30% of the overall event footprint and serving nearly 45,000 people …

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Why schools turn to telehealth therapy options to meet soaring …

WEBFor Valerie Aguirre’s daughter in Hawaii, a spate of middle school “friend drama” escalated into violence and online bullying that left the 12-year-old feeling …

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Healthy MKE: Grassroots multimedia campaign aims to build local

WEBThe Milwaukee Independent began reporting on what was then referred to as the mysterious “Wuhan Virus” in January 2020. Other local media did not picked-up on …

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Recent mergers of major hospitals in Wisconsin will impact about …

WEBGundersen Health System and Bellin Health completed a merger on December 1. The next day, Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health did the same.

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Profound toll of COVID-19 on heart health is only starting to …

WEB“This is, like, not a tough-guy test so don’t fake it,” warned Beth Hughes, a physical therapist at Washington University in St. Louis. Somehow, a mild case of …

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Public health vs. individual rights: Why the debate on COVID

WEBThe Milwaukee Independent began reporting on what was then referred to as the mysterious “Wuhan Virus” in January 2020. Other local media did not picked-up …

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Freshwater Fragility: Lake Michigan's quality of drinking water …

WEBA preview occurred on July 31, 2014, when a nasty green slime – properly known as a harmful algal bloom, or HAB – developed in the western basin of Lake Erie.

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Save Me: New film shines light on growing suicide crisis within

WEBThe Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall in the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts hosted a special red-carpet event on June 15 that premiered the screening of “Save …

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Political PTSD: How the MAGA movement is making otherwise …

WEBI hear them a couple hundred times a day in one form or another. I read them in desperate social media outbursts. I find them in my inbox from friends and from …

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