Health
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MPS moving on from director overseeing facilities during lead crisis
Sean Kane, the man in charge of overseeing facilities amid the lead crisis at Milwaukee Public Schools, is no longer with the district.
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MPS director overseeing facilities during lead crisis has been reprimanded by the state
The man in charge of overseeing facilities amid the lead crisis at Milwaukee Public Schools is being reprimanded by the state for misrepresenting himself after he didn’t renew his architect license.
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‘Madison’s best kept secret’: People living with mental illness find work, care and community at a clubhouse built for them
Yahara House is a community mental health program focused on building relationships and job opportunities. The clubhouse model reduces hospitalizations and boosts employment in adults with serious mental illnesses, experts and advocates say.
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Changes to Social Security Administration creating uncertainty for beneficiaries
UW-Madison professor J. Michael Collins explains what impact Social Security changes will have for recipients.
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Wisconsin joins states suing to block termination of $11B in health funding
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul and Gov. Tony Evers announced the state is among a group of Democratic attorneys general and governors from 23 states that is suing the Trump administration for abruptly cutting off about $11 billion in public health funding.
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Wisconsin helpline will shut down, citing federal health grant cuts
A helpline Wisconsinites can call for support with their mental health or substance use will stop Saturday, April 5. It’s one of many services affected by recent federal cuts to over $210 million in health funds across the state, officials said.
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Milwaukee research lab aims to improve wheelchair experience
For more than a decade Brooke Slavens has led the Mobility Lab, a research hub integrating multiple disciplines with the goal of engineering a manual wheelchair that reduces stress on the body. Now, her focus is on children.
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Wisconsin’s public water utilities get graded
New report cards from the Wisconsin Waterworks Excellence Project show that water quality around the state is high, while there is room for improvement in infrastructure.
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Wisconsin needs more health care workers as baby boomers age
The state’s health care system needs to change to meet a growing need for care, the Wisconsin Hospital Association said in an annual workforce report.
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3 MPS schools still temporarily closed while lead remediation work is underway
Three schools in Milwaukee are still temporarily closed two weeks after it was announced that “significant lead hazards” were found inside the buildings.