COVID-19 infections and related deaths continue to rise at nursing homes in Wisconsin, the latest numbers from AARP show. Over the four weeks ending Sept. 19, the rate of COVID-19 deaths more than doubled from 0.05 to 0.11 per 100 residents, according to the organization’s nursing...
Dr. Susan Turney, CEO of Marshfield Clinic Health System, expects the state's rural health workforce shortage will only get worse in the coming years. "We do not have enough health care providers right now to manage our patient care, and I will tell you, it's...
Verifying a person’s COVID-19 vaccination status or test results at local businesses may have just become more convenient thanks to a new technology developed by Verona-based Epic Systems Corp.. The technology could change how government entities, event venues, health care providers and even airports ensure people...
Wisconsin health officials are warning that COVID-19 deaths will continue to increase as the state experiences a surge in cases driven by the delta variant. But they noted vaccinations are keeping the number of deaths from rising as sharply as the case numbers have been in...
COVID-19 patients are putting a strain on hospitals, around the state. New data from the Wisconsin Hospital Association shows less than six percent of intensive care unit beds are available. One Fox Valley health care system is, once again, sounding the alarm. Tuesday morning, ThedaCare announced its hospitals...
-- The UW School of Medicine and Public Health is looking to enroll more participants in a study exploring the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in people with inflammatory bowel disease. The HERCULES study, which began in April, focuses on the immune system response of IBD patients...
The Wisconsin Hospital Association officially declared the summer surge in Covid-19 hospitalizations alarming and the organization’s CEO said Wisconsin health care executives are bracing for inpatient levels similar to the late-2020 peak. Covid-19 hospitalizations in the state fell to a low of 75 patients on July...
This study demonstrated a significantly higher humoral immunogenicity of the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 vaccine (Moderna) compared with the BNT162b2 vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech), in infected as well as uninfected participants, and across age categories. The higher mRNA content in mRNA-1273 compared with BNT162b2 and the longer interval between...
"I would approach this from the public health perspective," Jeff Pothof said during a recent virtual interview published by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. "If you have unvaccinated people, you understand that they pose a higher risk to the rest of your employees, to your...
The report, released by Kaiser Family Foundation and the Peterson Center on Healthcare, details the high cost of Covid care for the unvaccinated. In fact, the analysis indicates the figure could be even higher than $2.3 billion, as the authors did not take into account...