EAU CLAIRE (WKOW) -- Laboratory testing confirmed Wisconsin's first 2020 human death from eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), state health officials announced Friday. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and the Chippewa County Health Department sent out a news release with the information. A Chippewa County woman in her 60's was infected, becoming the second…
MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) – The coronavirus continues to spread in Wisconsin as local governments and businesses are trying to slow it down with mask orders.The state reports 870 new cases, or almost 6% (5.92%) of the 14,694 test results it received in the last 24-hour period. Fifty-six of Wisconsin’s 72 counties reported new cases. Wisconsin…
MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) - For the third time in four days, Wisconsin identified more than 1,000 new coronavirus patients. But a record day for test results brought down the percentage of positive tests -- a key indicator for how the state’s containing the virus.The Department of Health Services received 17,456 test results in the 24-hour…
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is reporting a record 978 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the state’s overall total to 41,485. 77% of cases have recovered, a total of 32,004.There are 51 new hospitalizations, for an overall total of 4,082. 10 more deaths were reported today,…
MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) - Since February 5, more than 40,000 people in Wisconsin have tested positive for the coronavirus. More than 700,000 have tested negative. More than 4,000 people needed treatment in a hospital.Friday’s report from the Wisconsin Department of Health Service tallied 880 more positive results out of 13,407 tests, or 6.56%. That’s up…
1 min read AHEAD OF THE F1 Miami Grand Prix, Liam Lawson took a different type of drive than his usual high-speed outing. The 24-year-old racer from New Zealand got behind the wheel of the MH Muscle Car—a tricked-out Ford Raptor—with fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. along for the ride. Lawson and Samuel roll through
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In his earliest days in the governor’s office, Democrat Gavin Newsom huddled with his advisers to consider how to realize a key campaign promise: transforming a healthcare system replete with insurance company intermediaries into the nation’s first state-run single-payer model providing comprehensive coverage to all residents, similar to those in Canada and
The FDA needs to better communicate with state and local officials to improve food safety efforts, according to testimony heard by a House of Representatives subcommittee. Steven Mandernach, executive director of the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO), on Wednesday delivered the testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce