Health Care

The Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment at the Medical College of Wisconsin is making $5 million available to support Wisconsin’s response to COVID-19.

The supply of personal protective equipment that Wisconsin has received from the federal government won’t be enough to meet surge demand as the coronavirus continues to spread, state Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm said Friday.

All returned coronavirus tests administered to patients and staff at Children’s Wisconsin have come back negative so far, after a doctor tested positive for the virus Monday.

Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday ordered that child care providers may have no more than 50 children and 10 staff present at a time, in an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Advocate Aurora Health is preparing to establish drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites at most of its locations, beginning with its flagship hospital in Milwaukee.

The City of Milwaukee’s Health Department said today that it is taking measures at each of its health centers to increase social distancing and in an attempt to prevent community spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin says it has experienced a sharp decline in blood donations in the past week as numerous events, including blood drives, have been cancelled across the state in an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Insurers in Wisconsin are waiving out-of-pocket costs associated with coronavirus testing for their members.

As state health officials work to increase testing capacity at public health labs, Wisconsin Department of Health Services secretary-designee Andrea Palm said she is "anxious" for more hospitals and commercial labs to conduct testing for COVID-19 throughout the state.

Ascension Wisconsin is enacting temporary visitor restrictions at its health care facilities and encouraging patients to seek virtual care...