Health Care & Wellness

Sierra Club report warns of Wisconsin’s dependence on ‘dirty’ power generation

Water use is expected to increase dramatically with data centers and new gas plants

Nearly two-thirds of Wisconsin hospitals receive top federal quality ratings

State has one of the highest percentages of top-rated hospitals

Barbara Nichols, first Black president of Nurses Association, dies at 87

She served as president of the WNA from 1970 to 1972 at a time when few women of color held leadership positions in healthcare

UW Health begins offering proton therapy to treat cancer

The radiation therapy is a highly precise way to target tumors

Vigil held for fatal police shooting of Corey Ruiz

The Wisconsin Department of Justice is investigating the shooting, with four police officers on leave

Exact Sciences hit with cyberattack

Hacker group ShinyHunters said it was responsible for the attack, threatening to publish 30 million rows of personal data, including 1 million Social Security numbers

Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin awards $10.6 million to 43 projects

Nine of the community-focused grants support projects statewide, while 12 projects focus on urban centers and three are in rural communities

Can Wisconsin’s health apprenticeships become a national model? UW Health thinks so

UW Health leaders created a new company called WorkForward to help health care systems and state agencies nationwide create their own apprenticeship programs

SSM Health to build $42M senior living facility in Fond du Lac

It will be developed in partnership with and will be managed by ElderSpan Management, a family-operated company based in Madison

‘The Odyssey’ brings in $264M during opening

“The Odyssey” from Christopher Nolan was seen as a challenge and a benchmark for traditional epics in movie theaters
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