health care

The 4th Annual Black Birth: Maternal & Infant Health Symposium returns to Milwaukee, bringing health care advocates, providers and community members together to address disparities in Black maternal and infant health.

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.

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.

Pancreatic cancer survivor Roger Caplinger and Dr. Doug Evans, who is working to further research and treatment of this cancer, share Caplinger's story.

Fifteen public and private-sector Wisconsin partners promise more health care and jobs.

A recent survey of Advocate Aurora Research Institute's clinical trials showed most participants are white women over the age of 65 — a disparity that could widen gaps in health outcomes.

Jonathan Kowalske is one of the owners of Component Brewing and a rare disease dad. His new limited-edition beer Zebra Hop hazy IPA will be released on Feb. 29th in honor of Rare Disease Day, with proceeds benefitting the National Organization for Rare Disorders.

Sixteenth Street's flagship clinic near Milwaukee’s south side on South Cesar Chavez Drive will be able to serve even more people in its mission, thanks to the expansion that will be completed by the fall of next year.

The spread of COVID-19 and flu this season is expected to be about the same as last year’s.

A new statewide project, lead by Wisconsin Medical Society, Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Nurses Association, is working to improve health outcomes for Black people, post pregnancy.