GE Healthcare's ultrasound business, which has its leadership hub in metro Milwaukee, acquired a Boston-area firm for $1.45 billion that the company said would add a fast-growing area of surgical visualization to GE’s pre- and post-operation ultrasound capabilities. The cash acquisition of BK Medical, of Peabody,...
A recent study designed and co-authored by the UW-Madison School of Education's associate dean for research identified the "optimal period" for rehabilitation of the hand and arm following a stroke. "Understanding that there could be an important window for best rehabilitating after a stroke is...
More than 142,400 people in the state have gotten their first COVID-19 vaccine shot since the state launched its $100 incentive program, the Department of Health Services recently announced. “I want to thank the Wisconsinites who have stepped up to protect themselves, their community, and our...
Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center in Mauston is now using an electronic health records system, marking the end of a multiyear transformation in how the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) provides services and supports at the seven state facilities for people living with psychiatric...
It has an odor, it flows through your pipes, and you might not even notice it’s there after you flush it down. But it also has the potential to save lives, and to predict how prevalent the SARS-CoV-2 virus might be in a community — before...
A newly opened lab at the Marshfield Medical Center in Minocqua will provide testing services for patients with sleep disorders. The four-bed lab opened last week and offers tests for sleep apnea, wakefulness and sleep latency, which measures how fast it takes the patient to fall...
Kiio’s innovative digital musculoskeletal (MSK) therapy for back, knee, neck and hip pain is now available nationwide through Walgreens Find Care® Today Kiio, a leader in digital musculoskeletal (MSK) therapy, announced that individuals may access its proven pain management and prevention solution through Walgreens Find Care®,...
Madison-headquartered Exact Sciences Corp. announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), a cooperative group founded by the National Cancer Institute. Together, Exact Sciences and the NSABP will conduct a prospective, multicenter validation study with stage...
The seven-day average for new COVID-19 deaths in the state has largely been on the rise for several weeks, reaching 12 deaths per day at the latest count. That rate was just two deaths per day one month earlier. A total of 7,806 COVID-19 deaths have...
By Tom Still MADISON -- The longest-running investor pitch event in Wisconsin is the annual Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium. By one name or another since the 1980s, this conference has been giving entrepreneurs and young companies a chance to tell their stories to investors. It has helped...