Health

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

When Efforts To Halt Smallpox In Milwaukee Provoked Fear And Fury

PBS Wisconsin

A highly contagious disease put the population in a panic. The government's response became politicized. Less affluent neighborhoods bore the brunt of the outbreak. The best medical science of the day was doubted. An aggressive protest against public health enforcement broke out.

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

What Wisconsin's Shifting COVID-19 Numbers Show As Testing Broadens

Will Cushman

WisContext

Is Wisconsin finding more cases of COVID-19 because more people are becoming infected with the virus that causes it, or because more people are being tested for it? Answers to this question are anything but simple.

Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

Clues To Wisconsin's Coronavirus Present Echo From Its Pandemic Past

Jim Malewitz

Wisconsin Watch

"Spanish flu" ultimately killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide and 675,000 across the U.S., including 8,459 people in Wisconsin. History is resonating more than a century later as the state fights a new viral villain that has upended life across the world.

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

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.