A new study from UW-Madison researchers details a method for testing recovery from multiple sclerosis. In multiple sclerosis — or MS — the body’s immune system causes inflammation that damages nerve fibers as well as myelin, an insulating fatty substance supporting nerve function. MS also harms...
As an overall construction boom continues unabated in southeast Wisconsin, the local health care industry’s own surge will continue in 2020. Much of the development targets fast-growing areas of Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha counties but other area counties also will see activity. The building boom is driven...
As a new year unfolds and employers in all business sectors ponder how to make 2020 successful, the task of finding, training and keeping enough workers is often at the top of the list. Health care is no exception to the “new normal” of building a workforce. In fact,...
Scientists in Japan have begun a new clinical trial for a potential Ebola vaccine developed by researchers in the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine. The new vaccine is different from most experimental vaccines, which typically use a secondary virus to deliver part of the Ebola virus...
The Milwaukee Center for Independence plans to open a new Crisis Resource Center on Milwaukee’s northwest side to serve people experiencing psychiatric crises. The site of the new center is a vacant rectory, owned by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, located at 69th Street and Silver Spring Avenue. It...
Hospitals and health systems in Wisconsin provided more than $1.9 billion in charity care and community benefits during 2018, most of which came from covering Medicaid funding shortfalls. “Community benefits are a very important aspect of what hospitals and health systems do in Wisconsin and how...
Propeller Health announced today that its digital health platform for asthma and COPD has been included in Express Script’s first formulary for digital and mobile health apps and devices. According to a release, the Express Scripts Digital Health Formulary will initially include 15 digital health solutions that aid in the...
Preserving access to quality health care in rural parts of Wisconsin is becoming a bigger and bigger challenge. Reimbursement rates from Medicaid and Medicare that are too often below the cost of the service, provider shortages, dairy industry struggles and an aging population are some...
Health care costs are a top concern for voters as the nation heads into the 2020 presidential election.1 Many people — an estimated 164 million under age 65, or roughly half the population of the United States — have insurance through employers.2 Sensing this concern, some Democratic...
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Doug Stafford, president and CEO of Pantherics Inc., a Milwaukee startup developing a pill-based alternative to treat asthma. His company spun out of research from UW-Milwaukee, focused on ways to treat various inflammatory diseases of smooth muscles,...