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The sun gets stronger every day as we head toward summer, and people are spending more time out in that bright sunshine
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Special state funding for mental health staff at Michigan public schools during the pandemic is ending this year, leaving schools scrambling to find ways to keep the professionals in the building.
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Advocates for people who suffer or have died from COVID-19 in Massachusetts and around the country say they're alarmed by new federal health recommendations regarding the disease
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Critical, but stable. That's how an industry group describes the state of Wisconsin's health-care workforce. Amid some brighter spots, shortages loom large in the face of an aging population
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Michigan researchers are examining a possible link between high pollen counts or allergy days and worsening mental health and increased suicide risk
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Aspirus Health Polysomnographic Technologist Rebecca Wagner says the one-hour shift can effect sleep patterns
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Wisconsin faces a big staffing shortage of registered nurses. Advocates hope for key solutions to bear fruit amid unease about the emergence of for-profit nursing colleges
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WXPR’s Hannah Davis-Reid spoke with Republican Congressman Tom Tiffany of Minocqua about the legislation, as well as a transgender anti-violence advocate opposed to the bill.
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Decades’ worth of toxic "forever chemicals" are sitting in landfills, presenting a new contaminant for waste handlers who didn’t create the pollution, but now find themselves awash in it. A few companies are trying to filter PFAS out of their leachate, and researchers are studying whether it might escape from trash into the air.
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Assisted living promises more independence than nursing homes, but it carries risks: fewer protections for seniors who run out of savings.
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The Quit Line has sent a free two-week starter kit of nicotine patches, lozenges, or gum to eligible tobacco users for some time. Now, for a limited time, the Quit Line will offer eight weeks of free medication.
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Leadership and outreach teams from the VA Medical Center will be travelling around northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula starting next week.They’ll be hosting nine Veteran Town Halls between March 5-7.