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The new word recognition test tackles a stubborn disparity in healthcare: As the Hmong population ages, hearing loss is becoming a big problem. But few clinics are equipped to treat Hmong-speaking patients.

Children's Wisconsin Dr. David Margolis lets his patients dye his hair green every time the Milwaukee Bucks make the playoffs.

Sharain Anderson, vice president of Well Community at Aurora Health Care and Candace Sanchez, this year’s Thrive Award Honoree, speak on the event and what it celebrates.

The hearing is the first of four stops in the finance committee’s so-called “roadshow” to learn what Wisconsinites want from the next two-year state budget.

Patty Starr, President and CEO of the Health Action Council, and Craig Kurtzweil, vice president of the UnitedHealthcare Center for Advanced Analytics, detail an article they co-authored analyzing millennial generation health trends.

Melinda Kavanaugh, a UW-Milwaukee professor of social work, helped create a tool to train physicians on how to better break difficult news to patients.

The city of Milwaukee is currently battling three viruses simultaneously. Dr. Ben Weston says there's been a steep rise in flu cases and hopefully we are nearing the end of the RSV surge.

When Roe vs. Wade was overturned, most abortions became illegal in Wisconsin. The 1849 law only allows abortions to save the pregnant person's life. Since the decision, more men are choosing to go under the knife to prevent pregnancy—seeking a vasectomy, and doctors notice that patients are younger.

Wisconsin’s criminal abortion law has been a major issue in the midterm elections, and some of the people most affected by it are physicians. Although the law makes an exception for saving the life of the pregnant person, in practice, it can be difficult to know where the line is between what’s considered life-saving and what’s not.

Most abortions are illegal in Wisconsin. POWERS — or Pregnancy Options Wisconsin: Education, Resources & Support is a network of people helping Wisconsinites access the resources they may need to get the procedure.