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Canadian wildfire smoke led to days of terrible air quality in Milwaukee in July. A local man created an app that helps folks understand wildfire smoke where they live.
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As of July 22, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 105 cases cyclosporiasis, a gastrointestinal illness caused by a microscopic parasite called cyclospora.
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AI can speed up tedious medical research tasks. But it also makes mistakes and raises privacy concerns too. How can it be used responsibly?
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Vivent Health has been treating HIV/AIDS patients throughout Wisconsin for 40 years with an integrative care model that connects patients with a wide range of resources.
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The Wisconsin Eating Disorder Education and Community Foundation (WEDECA) is a new nonprofit working to eliminate the stigma around eating disorders and cultivate a culture of awareness to help people find recovery.
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The mission saw various firsts: the first person of color, the first woman and the first Canadian to travel around the moon.
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Ridglan Farms gained national attention when activists broke in to free beagles from animal testing. Now, there's a national effort to rehome 1,500 rescued beagles.
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You can become a citizen storm spotter for the National Weather Service through their Skywarn program.
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Nearly half of inmates being held in jails across the country have been told that they have had a mental disorder, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Over the past few months, animal activists have repeatedly broken into a Wisconsin dog breeding farm and testing facility. The story has gone viral for not just the video footage from the break-ins, but also because of conversations about animal testing in the state.
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A lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court seeks to ban medication abortion pills prescribed via telehealth. Wisconsin providers currently can't prescribe medication abortion pills using telehealth. But women here can still get the pills from providers in other states.
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The Milwaukee County program Growing Connections offers gardening programming to those with dementia and their caretakers.