Articles by Andy Moore

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

Milwaukee High School Senior Copes With Learning And Living At Home

Andy Moore
PBS Wisconsin
Thursday, April 9, 2020 - 4:55pm
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"I only leave the house now to take out the garbage," said Devonta Hymes from his home on Milwaukee's north side. The Washington High School senior's caution comes from an up close and personal view of COVID-19.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

What Stay-At-Home Means To A Fifth Generation Monticello Dairy Farmer

Andy Moore
PBS Wisconsin
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 - 1:05pm
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This isn’t the first pandemic the Voegeli family has worked through. They’ve milked purebred Brown Swiss dairy cows on their 1,500-acre Monticello farmstead since 1854 — 64 years before the flu pandemic of 1918.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

Greendale Seamstress Sewing Face Masks Full Time For Pandemic

Andy Moore
PBS Wisconsin
Thursday, April 2, 2020 - 8:00am
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While the political fabrication of masks takes shape, Yer Lor, owner of AJ Stitch and Alteration in Greendale, has taken matters into her own hands. Together with friends, her team members have turned their sewing machines, skills and materials into a facemask-for-free enterprise.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: March 2020

Population 4: Michael Perry And Family Hunker Down In Eau Claire County

Andy Moore
PBS Wisconsin
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 - 8:00am
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A Wisconsin EMT turned author reflects on the novel coronavirus pandemic while sheltering with his family in rural Eau Claire County.

Noon Wednesday: Why County Websites Have Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

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Andy Moore
PBS Wisconsin
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 12:00pm
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As Wisconsin voters start going to the polls in the 2020 election cycle, most counties in the state maintain websites that do not employ at least one of two basic practices that would help bolster their digital security and public confidence in their online platforms.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: March 2020

A Wisconsin Swimming Coach In Beijing Shares His Quarantine Story

Andy Moore
PBS Wisconsin
Thursday, March 5, 2020 - 5:15am
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Kewaunee native James Malechek is the strength and performance coach for China Swimming, the nation’s official Olympics swim development program based in Beijing. Now he and 500 swimmers and fellow coaches are in complete isolation from the public.
Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

Noon Wednesday: Wisconsin Flu Cases Surge In 2019-20 Season

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Andy Moore
PBS Wisconsin
Wednesday, January 8, 2020 - 12:00pm
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Hundreds of people in Wisconsin have been hospitalized for influenza so far in the 2019-20 season. Wisconsin Department of Health Services influenza surveillance coordinator Tom Haupt discusses this seasonal strains of the flu virus and why numbers are up for the season.

Noon Wednesday: Vaccines And Wisconsin's Risk Of Disease Outbreaks

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Andy Moore
PBS Wisconsin
Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - 12:00pm
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Rates of unvaccinated children are on the rise in Wisconsin as more parents seek personal waivers for their children. Dr. James Conway, a UW Medical School pediatrics professor and infectious disease specialist discusses the risks vaccine refusal poses and the state's chances of outbreaks.

Noon Wednesday: 'We've Been Here All Along'

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Andy Moore
PBS Wisconsin
Wednesday, June 19, 2019 - 12:00pm
The book We've Been Here All Along: Wisconsin's Early Gay History chronicles the history of LGBTQ Wisconsinites prior to the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York. Author R. Richard Wagner discusses how many people lived their lives amid pervasive homophobia.
Series: Challenges To Wisconsin's Rural Schools

Noon Wednesday: The New Normal For Rural Schools

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Andy Moore
PBS Wisconsin
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 - 12:00pm
Declining enrollments and complicated funding streams are making it harder and harder for rural schools to keep the lights on. Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance director Kim Kaukl discusses this seemingly inescapable pattern and shares his own story in Spring Valley.