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.

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.

Mark Flower works out of the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Dr. Ben Weston, chief health policy advisor for Milwaukee County, joins Lake Effect's Joy Powers to talk about how you can stay safe from flu, COVID-19, RSV and norovirus this winter.

Three Milwaukeeans share how they make the most of winter months, even if they'd rather be doing anything else.

Jean Creighton joins Lake Effect’s Audrey Nowakowski to look back on some of the most notable moments of 2024 for UW-Milwaukee's Manfred Olson Planetarium.

There is an emphasis of protecting the mental health of survivors as they cope with the loss of loved ones to violence.

Two state agencies report southeastern Wisconsin’s first case of bird flu in poultry during the ongoing national avian flu outbreak.

Max Schachter, whose son Alex was one of 17 people killed in the Parkland school shooting six years ago, reacts to Monday’s incident in Madison, Wis.

A teenage student opened fire at a private Christian school Monday morning in Wisconsin, killing a teacher and another student in the final week before Christmas break. Police say the shooter also died.