Health

• UW Health's chief quality officer discusses latest health headlines
• Even more free home Covid-19 tests are available for order from the US government
• CDC: Listeria outbreak linked to peaches, nectarines and plums sold nationwide
• Federal help is coming, but Milwaukee is not on pace to meet goal of replacing all lead pipes in 20 years
• Health officials recommend residents get vaccinated as RSV, flu hospitalizations up
• Bill would allow veterans to treat PTSD with psychedelic mushrooms
• FDA approves first vaccine against chikungunya virus
• Exemptions for required vaccines for US kindergartners reach record high
• Lung Cancer Awareness Month: Experts encourage screenings, discourage vaping and tobacco use
• 'Someone was looking out': Woman having medical emergency pulls into closed fire station, but someone was there
• CDC advisers support masks in update to hospital infection guidelines, but critics say draft doesn’t go far enough
• FDA proposes ban on potentially harmful ingredient found in some sodas
• FDA considers first CRISPR gene editing treatment that may cure sickle cell
• More adults should be screened for lung cancer under updated guideline, American Cancer Society says
• FDA warns 26 eye drop products, including from large store brands, could lead to eye infections and vision loss
• 'It's never too early but it's also never too late': Health professionals encourage flu vaccine as winter, holiday season approaches
• October named Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Milwaukee
• National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: Health officials aim to raise awareness
• FDA plans to propose ban on some chemical hair straightening products
• FDA takes ‘momentous’ step toward banning menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars
• CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid are closing thousands of stores. Here’s why
• You can advocate for yourself in labor, and a nurse shares how
• Higher rates of lung cancer in women are a mystery for researchers
• Rockford woman is 1st in Wisconsin to receive newly-approved FDA ALS treatment
• What OCD is — and what it isn’t — according to the experts
• Health department: Measles case confirmed in Milwaukee resident
• First travel-related death from rare tick-borne virus recorded in Maryland, health official says
• Pro-Life Wisconsin director files license complaints against abortion doctors
• There is more to worry about than long Covid, study shows. You could get a long cold, too
• Say goodbye to the COVID-19 vaccination card. The CDC has stopped printing them
• UW Health official talks the latest health headlines
• Milwaukee barbershop expands to become a free health clinic
• Cancer centers, hospitals still feeling effects of ongoing cancer drug shortages
• What happens after you swallow gum? Experts weigh in
• FDA anticipating shortage of amoxicillin for 2nd winter in a row
• Milwaukee doctors urge parents to make sure kids are up to date with vaccines
• Kraft recalls faulty American cheese singles that might be ‘unpleasant’ or make you gag
• New study links chemical hair straightening products to increased cancer risk
• The latest Covid-19 vaccine is here. Here’s where and when to get it — and RSV and flu shots, too
• CDC advisers recommend updated Covid-19 vaccines
• National Suicide Prevention Week: Experts share ways to help save lives
• FDA signs off on updated Covid-19 vaccines that target circulating variants
• Abortions have increased significantly in states that border those with bans, new analysis finds
• Waukesha is set to switch over to Lake Michigan water next week, making history in the process
• 'We've seized thousands of pills': Kenosha Police report increase in fentanyl-laced pills
• What Covid-19 precautions should you be taking now? A doctor explains
• Man sues Froedtert Hospital, claims medical instrument was knowingly left inside his body after surgery
• Over-the-counter opioid overdose antidote Narcan to hit shelves next week, drugmaker says
• Emerging group of synthetic opioids may be more potent than fentanyl, study warns
• Updated Covid-19 vaccines are coming mid-September, officials say
• Noticing more people wearing COVID-19 masks again? Here's why
• Early testing suggests variant BA.2.86 has been detected in US wastewater, CDC report says
• FDA warns against using certain eye drops over microbial contamination
• UW Health chief quality officer breaks down health headlines
• FDA approves first vaccine to protect newborns from RSV
• Covid-19 linked with higher risk of high blood pressure, study finds
• 1st human case of West Nile virus confirmed in Dane County resident
• Three respiratory viruses could make you sick this season – but for the first time, there are vaccines against all of them
• Fentanyl crisis: State leaders, victims talk dangers and possible solutions
• CDC director visits Wisconsin to promote school-based immunizations, restore trust in vaccines
• Cancer diagnosis rates going up in younger adults, study finds, driven largely by rises in women and people in their 30s
• Do not use certain pregnancy, ovulation, UTI tests, FDA warns
• Many Americans wrongly believe exposure to marijuana smoke is safer than tobacco, study finds
• Garden initiative to offer free food to underserved communities in Milwaukee
• Playing football may increase risk of Parkinson’s disease, study suggests
• Suicide deaths reached a record high in the US in 2022, provisional data shows
• New variant EG.5 is on the rise as Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations go up
• 11 vending machines with free Narcan, fentanyl strips and gun locks placed in Milwaukee County
• UW Health: Why ticks and mosquitoes are causing more problems
• Older women’s breast cancer is often overdiagnosed, study finds, raising risk of unnecessary treatment
• 'It's amazing to feel human': American Red Cross puts new blood donation guidelines into practice
• Breakthrough pill treats postpartum depression -- what that means for Wisconsin mothers
• One-size-fits-all blood pressure cuffs ‘strikingly inaccurate,’ study says
• Local nonprofit brings attention to fentanyl crisis at baseball game
• More gay men can give blood as ‘one of the most significant changes in blood banking history’ gets underway
• Scientists discover antibodies capable of stopping several coronaviruses, potentially preventing future outbreaks
• Local mom says she was 'blindsided' after son died of sudden cardiac arrest, here's what you can do
• UW Health Chief Quality Officer discusses health headlines
• Trader Joe’s recalls two types of cookies because they may contain rocks
• 'It facilitates recovery': New program could help reduce opioid dependence
• Sen. Baldwin visits Milwaukee for roundtable discussion on opioid, fentanyl crisis
• Need for more culturally specific mental health resources as anniversary of 988 Lifeline approaches
• FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill
• AHEAD study: Wisconsin participates in global effort to tackle Alzheimer's before symptoms show up
• First Alzheimer’s drug to slow disease progression gets full FDA approval
• Overuse of marijuana linked to surgery complications and death, study says
• Blueberries have joined green beans in this year’s Dirty Dozen list
• Red Cross sees serious shortage in blood donations -- here's how you can help
• Xylazine present in more than 1 in 10 fentanyl overdose deaths in the US
• American Family Field hosts hundreds of Milwaukee-area kids for free dental care
• CDC issues warning about the first locally acquired cases of malaria in the US in 20 years
• A common nail salon tool may cause DNA damage and mutations in human cells, research finds
• Frozen fruit sold at Walmart, Aldi, Trader Joe’s, Target, Whole Foods recalled over possible listeria contamination
• Oconomowoc launches Overdose Aid Kit box program in fight against fentanyl crisis
• FDA to test out nutrition labels on the front of food packaging
• Adult autism diagnosis rates on the rise in SE Wisconsin
• Daytime naps may be good for our brains, study says
• FDA advisers recommend that Covid-19 boosters for fall should drop original strain
• Report: Fentanyl is top killer of Wisconsinites ages 25-54
• Traditional smoking of cigarettes reaches all time low; vaping on the rise