Health

Milwaukee health officials said they’re focusing on local efforts to address the school district’s lead crisis in the absence of federal support. 

Shingles is not deadly, but there is a painful rash that lingers for two to four weeks. The most common complication is postherpetic neuralgia, which is long-term nerve pain that lasts for months to years after the rash clears. 

Officials in Milwaukee want to pass a city ordinance that would ban the sale of hookah products to anyone under the age of 21.

Advocates for patients with spinal cord injuries are raising alarm over a $40 million research program they said was quietly cut from a Department of Defense office that funds medical research. 

In her new book “More Than Play: How Law, Policy, and Politics Shape American Youth Sport,” author Dionne Koller makes the case that youth sports create value for a variety of stakeholders but also come with some negative consequences.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health have shown a new AI tool was successful at flagging patients at risk of opioid addiction and at reducing hospital readmissions.

The Stop Campus Hazing Act aims to reduce hazing incidents at American colleges. The head of the Hazing Prevention Network and a Wisconsin university Greek life leader weigh in on the law.

In January, Kortney Zblewski became one of the few people in Wisconsin to have a successful dual organ – heart and lung – transplant. The procedure has happened fewer than 25 times in state history. The logistics are complex and require a team of people to make it happen. But if successful the results are…

Dr. Chris Eberlein of La Crosse welcomes the $22 million that Wisconsin will see as part of a settlement with Kroger over the opioid epidemic. But he said the state still has a lot to do before the crisis is over.

The Milwaukee Health Department is now without the help of federal employees who were assisting the department with the response to the ongoing lead crisis at the city’s school district.