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As hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community rise across the nation, local groups in Milwaukee are doing something about it. They're teaching self-defense skills.
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The Clean Boats, Clean Waters program trains volunteers to perform boat checks and educate people about preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species. It’s become one of the most successful boat inspection programs in the country, and it all started as a middle school science project in northern Wisconsin.
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UW-Milwaukee Planetarium director Jean Creighton joins Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski to discuss a few sci-fi films that drew on real science.
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Wisconsin has one of the lowest vaccination rates for measles in the nation — much lower than any of the states with active outbreaks.
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UW-Milwaukee's Manfred Olson Planetarium's April show "Stars in the Tropics" takes stargazers to different cities near the equator to explore different night skies.
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Advocates say Milwaukee could lose over $1 million in federal funding for HIV testing, prevention and treatment if the proposed cuts CDC's Division of HIV happen.
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For this month's Group Chat, we hear from a Wisconsin doctor who provides abortion care and a community harm reduction worker who serves high-risk populations.
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As spring blooms, so too does new Milwaukee Recreation programming. WUWM's Jimmy Gutierrez discusses their Spring Recreation Guide with Milwaukee Rec's Erica Wasserman.
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To help break the stigma, a Milwaukee-area podcast gives teens a platform to talk about their mental health journeys.
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Felicia Clayborne is a mover and a shaker. She also navigates the world with multiple disabilities, receiving care and support through Medicaid. Kathryn Florence Burish also receives Medicaid coverage and long-term care for her Down Syndrome. Both women weigh in on attempts to cut funding to the federal program that serves low-income Americans and individuals with disabilities.
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A Milwaukee family had been receiving gender-affirming care for their daughter for almost five years. Then, before one of the daughter's therapies, Children's Hospital of Milwaukee cancelled her appointment. That's when Wisconsin Watch reporter Phoebe Petrovic got involved.
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Mark Flower works out of the Medical College of Wisconsin.