Nurses, paramedics, cafeteria workers and housekeepers in hospital settings described health and economic concerns they have for themselves and their families during a video conference hosted by the Service Employees International Union.
Every spring, about 5,000 migrant workers make their way to Wisconsin to work in agriculture. Many come from Texas and Florida and help farmers harvest crops and process food during the peak season from late April through the fall.
President Trump has riled officials from states across the country by saying that the federal government has the authority to reopen the country. Legal experts agree that the power to lift state stay-at-home orders belongs to state officials.
Rural Wisconsin is vulnerable to COVID-19, and emergency medical services are turning to creative solutions to find protective gear to keep their responders virus-free.
Gov. Tony Evers’ safer-at-home order allows travel related to the exchange of children pursuant to custody orders, but many people still have questions. Some parents worry about the health and safety of their kids while others fear their kids may be kept away from them.
The results aren't known yet, but an experimental treatment giving severely ill patients antibodies from those who have recovered from COVID-19 has begun at hospitals in Milwaukee and Madison.
The state Department of Health Services announced on April 14 that there are 3,555 positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin, a jump of 127 cases from the day before.
