Bram Sable-Smith

As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps through Wisconsin, closing schools and businesses and stretching the state's health care workforce, many people wonder how they can help others — beyond staying at home to help "flatten the curve" of new infections.

Wisconsin law restricts the activities of physician assistants more than some other states, making them less practical to hire for certain jobs. Physician assistants are now asking for that to change.

Hospitals around Wisconsin are preparing for a possible surge in COVID-19 patients by increasing the bed capacity at their facilities.

Fitchburg-based biotechnology company Promega Corporation is helping supply materials used in COVID-19 diagnostic tests.