Physical therapists are having to grow accustomed to the work-from-home lifestyle that has become a new reality for many. Used to a more active job that requires getting up and moving with patients, they're now sitting and making phone calls for much of the day.
Music majors at UW-Madison are finding it easier than they expected to adapt to remote-learning sessions in order to continue working toward their degrees.
While some farmer groups still oppose an industry-wide reduction, more organizations are rallying around plans to pay farmers who reduce their milk supply by 10 percent.
As more Wisconsinites lose jobs or have their hours cut back amid the coronavirus, many are turning to the state and to local nonprofits for help putting food on the table.
Several meat processing plants across the United States have closed, raising concerns about the future of meat production during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
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.
Police and firefighter organizations are saying a new state law in Wisconsin will make it too difficult for first responders to get workers' compensation benefits if they get COVID-19 while on the job.
