Several meat processing plants across the United States have closed, raising concerns about the future of meat production during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The spring 2020 elections in Wisconsin were certainly out of the ordinary, but even their dynamics reflected familiar partisan divisions in the electorate — and the courts.
The UW System Administration office has announced it will furlough all of its 588 employees to cover revenue losses tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. Workers will take 14 mandatory unpaid days off between this May and June 2021.
Glen Nowak, a former communications director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, explains some of the major differences between H1N1 and COVID-19 that have resulted in more and varied coverage from media outlets.
The state Department of Health Services announced on April 17 that there were 4,045 positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin, a jump of 170 cases from the day before.
Beautiful scenery and its isolated setting make Door County an enticing getaway from the COVID-19 pandemic, but local officials are urging people to avoid the peninsula.
Since the imposition of the state's COVID-19 stay-at-home order, social workers have seen an increase in domestic violence calls and referrals from police, as well as growing anxiety from current and recent domestic violence victims.
Public health officials initially urged people who weren't ill not to wear face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, but now their recommendations are changing. WisContext associate editor Will Cushman discusses how to make sense of the shifting advice.
The Saha Lab at UW-Madison is at the forefront of engineering cell and gene therapies using CRISPR — a powerful tool for editing genomes, it lets researchers alter stretches of DNA and modify gene function.
