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Before holiday gatherings, the state Department of Health Services is urging Wisconsinites to get their flu, COVID-19 and RSV vaccinations.

Project Ujima aims to help youth violence victims recover and thrive. The medical director of the program tells WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” the goal is to help patients heal outside of a hospital.

Last week, a conference in northcentral Wisconsin brought together Indigenous entrepreneurs, tribal leaders and other industry professionals to discuss the state of economic development and housing in Wisconsin’s indigenous communities.

This week, the Wisconsin Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could shape the future of reproductive rights in the state. Attorney General Josh Kaul discusses oral arguments and more.

You might be smart, or you might be really really smart, you might get a perfect score on your SAT — but when it comes to evaluating your own health, assuming that you know everything is really, really dumb. 

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Accusations of bias surround a legislative committee studying ways to manage Wisconsin’s growing sandhill crane as it considers a package of bills Wednesday, including a proposal for a sandhill crane hunt.

Robin Vos, the powerful speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly, has been selected by GOP lawmakers to continue in that role, one week after an election that shook up the composition of the Legislature but left Republicans in control.

To see how the drugs influence people behind the wheel, researchers at the UW-Madison are gearing up to administer set levels of delta-8 and delta-9 THC to people in a pilot study, and place them in a driving simulator. 

The program is funded through money the county received from the settlement of a multistate lawsuit against four pharmaceutical companies. In 2023, the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors allocated $11 million it received from the settlement to 15 projects over the next three years.