An analysis released this week by the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families found 4.6 percent of children in the state who were tested last year had lead poisoning, compared to Flint, Michigan's 4.9 percent.
As in many other places in the U.S. and around the world, Wisconsin is getting older, enough so that its aging population will have profound economic consequences.
Wisconsin saw a 9 percent increase in reports of sexually transmitted diseases in 2015, which was lower than the national rate. There were 23,945 cases of chlamydia, 5,253 cases of gonorrhea and 261 cases of syphilis in 2015.
As opioids increasingly dominate the national conversation about substance abuse, addiction and overdose deaths, public health professionals are asking some difficult questions.
Cultivating mushrooms for food and beauty may appear to be the threshold of an esoteric and even intimidating mycological universe. But it's a more accessible pursuit than some might assume.
