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F rom providing postpartum care to helping new parents gain confidence before heading home with their bundle of joy, OB-GYN nurse Katie Mayworm cherishes her role caring for families during one of lif...

More than 1,000 Wisconsin health care workers in 45 counties have gotten COVID-19 vaccine so far; some hospitals still waiting Mary Spicuzza and Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ER nurse Stephanie Fidlin, left, administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Jim Gruenewald, an Ascension Wisconsin ICU nurse at Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital in Franklin on Wednesday. A total of 1,010 Wisconsin health care workers from 45 counties had gott...

COVID-19 vaccinations begin at Milwaukee VA Medical Center COVID-19 vaccinations begin at Milwaukee VA Medical Center The VA and other hospitals are only just beginning to dole out thousands of doses of the first shipment of vaccinations in the area. MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee VA Medical Center gave its first COVID-19 vaccine dose to a nurse working on the pandemics front lines Wednesday, Dec. 16. The staff members who volunteered to be first in line for the vaccine said they have seen firsthand...

Updated 12/17/2020 6:38 AM As Advocate Aurora hospitals start to receive precious deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines, the systems infectious disease expert and a nursing leader held a virtual town hall Wednesday to answer questions about the historic vaccination effort. Dr. Robert Citronberg and Jane Dus, regional chief nursing officer, led the Q&A session. Here is a sampling of their responses.   Q. How safe and effective is the vaccine? A. Clinical trials show the vaccine developed by Pfizer an...