Children’s Health

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.

Years of school bullying in Mercer, Wisconsin, culminated in an assault, prompting a Lac du Flambeau Band family to move for their safety.

Last year’s Wisconsin kindergartners had lower vaccination rates than other states, according to an October CDC report.

Counterfeit car seats are showing up in stores and online, according to the Center for Childhood Safety in Green Bay. The executive director details what parents should know and shares additional concerns.

Recent research has shown that people who use both cigarettes and vapes over long periods of time have a four-fold increase in their risk of lung cancer. 

Two prominent Fox Valley diaper banks in Wisconsin are pooling resources to serve a greater portion of Northeast Wisconsin. 

New research, including data from Madison, found children are at a higher risk of developing asthma if they live in a neighborhood affected by redlining.

State health officials are warning Wisconsinites of a significant increase in cases of whooping cough.

Jamie Trzebiatowski is a Waupaca School District nurse and president of the Wisconsin Association of School Nurses. On WPR’s “Wisconsin Today,” Trzebiatowski said growing medical misinformation online could be the cause for the “gradual decline” in student vaccinations over the last decade. 

Experts say listening to students’ worries about the start of the school year and getting them more involved can help ease back-to-school anxiety.