By Emmarie Huetteman Ketamine is a darling of combat medics and clubgoers, an anesthetic that can quiet your pain without suppressing breathing and a hallucinogenic that can get you high…
Ticks are typically most active in Wisconsin from May to September, but it is still important to use caution year-round. Black-legged, or deer ticks, can harbor the Powassan virus along…
By Sarah Whites-Koditschek Wisconsin Public Radio It is mid-March, and two researchers trudge on snowshoes through feet of snow on a wooded trail, dragging a small plastic sled full of…
April Dembosky, KQED Kim had been wine tasting with a friend in Sonoma, Calif. They got into an argument in the car that night and Kim thought someone was following…
Dennis Pond doesn’t tell his psychiatrist about his thoughts of suicide. But he has them. He often feels useless, in large part because his diabetes has caused terrible pain and…
Judith Graham For the first time, the federal government is shining a spotlight on the quality of rehabilitation care at nursing homes — services used by nearly 2 million older…
By Victoria Knight Once repellent to conservative politicians, needle exchanges are now being endorsed and legalized in Republican-controlled states. At least four legislatures have considered bills to allow hypodermic needle…
By Shereen Siewert Vaccination rates at schools across Marathon County vary widely, as vaccine-preventable diseases continue to make a comeback in some areas of the U.S. with unvaccinated populations. While…
WAUSAU, Wis. – May 6 – 12 is National Nurses week recognized by the American Nurses Association. The week-long celebration is to recognize the significant contributions nurses make to their…
Lauren Weber When Karolyn Schrage first heard about the “dominoes gang” in the health clinic she runs in Joplin, Mo., she assumed it had to do with pizza. Turns out…
Ascension Medical Group is pleased to welcome Anneliese Bessette, APNP, to the Family Medicine Department of Ascension St. Michael’s at Plover, located at 2401 Plover Road. Bessette provides primary care…
Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News In an almost uniform response to the impending exit of Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, city and county public health officials are urging…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — Bridge Community Clinic is seeking acquisition of three nearby properties to build a new clinic that would expand clinic services and provide future substance use…
By Emily Highnam, IowaWatch When Jim and Kathy Kachel moved into their home south of Bagley, Wisconsin, overlooking the Mississippi River in fall 2007, they couldn’t see the Pattison Sand…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Arkansas-based Tyson Foods is recalling more than 69,000 pounds (31,297 kilograms) of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strips because they may be contaminated with pieces of metal. The U.S.…
Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News Eight hundred hospitals, including two in central Wisconsin, will be paid less by Medicare this year because of high rates of infections and patient injuries,…
By Christine Herman, Side Effects Public Media Measles is a potentially deadly illness that is spreading in many parts of the world. Thanks to vaccines, the disease was eliminated from…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials say a child has died after developing the flu. The Department of Health Services says the death occurred in southeastern Wisconsin, but declined…
