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By Phoebe Petrovic, Wisconsin Watch   The patient sat in Dr. Shefaali Sharmas exam room, distraught. She was pregnant with her third child. Just weeks earlier, the U.S. Supreme Court ...

Physicians criticize the law as outdated, vague and severe. Health systems are scrambling to guide them on how to stay out of criminal trouble.

Physicians criticize the law as outdated, vague and severe. Health systems are scrambling to guide them on how to stay out of criminal trouble.

By Phoebe Petrovic  Wisconsin Watch  The patient sat in Dr. Shefaali Sharma’s exam room, distraught. She was pregnant with her third child. Just weeks earlier, the U.S. Supreme Court had revoked the federally protected, constitutional right to an abortion, restoring Wisconsin’s near-total abortion ban from the 1800s.  “I need to know how this might impact, like, labor and delivery,” the...

The Daily Yonder White House Staffers Brief Rural Health Advocates on Biden’s American Rescue Plan The Biden administration wants to provide vaccines to federally qualified health centers serving hard-to-reach populations. Also on the table is $160 billion in community support for supplies, testing , and public health personnel. Share this: President Joe Biden met with business leaders to discuss a coronavirus relief package. Republicans are attacking the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion ...

State plan calls for phase 1b to start next week, may also include teachers, correctional workers. //end headline wrapper ?> Numerous fire department vehicles respond to a call. File photo by Dave Reid. On Monday, state health officials announced Wisconsin would begin the next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations starting Jan. 18. The very same day, Wisconsin’s governor renewed his call for the federal government to release more COVID-19 vaccine to the state, saying this week marks the first t...

John McCracken2021-01-20T10:35:58-05:00December 18, 2020| Vaccines will be rolled out over the coming months, but in the meantime, cold weather, isolation, and already-strained public health infrastructure will converge in the state this winter. By John McCracken The first snow to stick to the ground in Green Bay this year arrived on November 15. It was a mild start to a mild winter (thus far) in the state, but foreshadowed a season of difficulty to come—and not just in terms of weather. By t...