Archives

All Articles
WisContext
WPM Headlines
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

How Close Are Wisconsinites Sticking To Home As The COVID-19 Crisis Continues?

Will Cushman
WisContext
More than a month after Wisconsin directed residents to stay home as much as possible to slow the spread of COVID-19, adherence to the state's "safer at home" order is beginning to erode.

The Revolving Door Of Disease Between Humans And Animals

Samantha Nash
PBS Wisconsin
Charting the animal origins of human diseases like COVID-19 can be difficult and often leads to unexpected discoveries.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

The Use And Misuse Of Wisconsin's COVID-19 Projections

Howard Hardee
Wisconsin Watch
Days after Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced the state's Safer-at-Home order, a subtly misleading framework for Wisconsin's COVID-19 projections appeared on Twitter.
Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

What Does The 1918 Flu Reveal About The Economic Impacts Of A Pandemic?

Tessa Conroy
UW-Madison
The 1918 influenza pandemic and how the ordeal played out in Wisconsin illuminates the scale at which the experience of and response to public health emergencies impact both human lives and the economy.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

The New Partisan Peak Of Wisconsin's 2020 Pandemic Supreme Court Election

Aaron Weinschenk
UW-Green Bay
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.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

COVID-19, Face Masks And Why More Wisconsinites Are Wearing Them

Will Cushman
WisContext
Wisconsinites are adapting to life under the cloud of COVID-19, and for a growing group that means getting into the habit of covering up with a face mask when they venture from their homes.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

A Trio Of Nurses Share The 'Surreal' Ordeal Of Fighting For Lives In A COVID-19 ICU

Parker Schorr
The Cap Times
Over several interviews, a trio of nurses offered an inside look into how frontline workers are responding to the virus that has upended life in Wisconsin.
Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

While World War I Ended, UW-Madison Endured A Deadly Pandemic

Samantha Nash
PBS Wisconsin
In Wisconsin, the First World War and 1918 flu pandemic came together in a typical yet tragic way.
Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

The Virus That Shut Down Wisconsin: The Great Flu Pandemic of 1918

Steven B. Burg
The speed at which the novel coronavirus has raced around the world, and the severity of the disease it causes, has sparked interest in humanity's last experience with a contagion of such scale.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

Closed For COVID-19: Door County Asks Visitors To Stay Away

Myles Dannhausen Jr.
Door County Pulse
At the time, it seemed almost absurd. During an emergency meeting of the Sister Bay Village Board of Trustees on March 16, 2020, trustee Rob Zoschke leaned back in his chair and asked bluntly: "Should we be telling resorts to close down and not accept reservations and cancel existing ones?"