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Rumors that Wisconsin's National Guard is involved in enforcing the state's safer-at-home initiative are not true.
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In order to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control, public health officials are seeking widespread testing. WisContext associate editor Will Cushman discusses why tests remain hard to come by, and what is being done to expand capacity to test for the virus around the state.
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Wisconsin hospitals and pharmacies are struggling to find needed drugs as they prepare for a likely surge in coronavirus patients. Shortages of inhalers and a drug used to treat lupus are occurring across the United States as demand rises.
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Wisconsin dairy groups are calling on the federal government to aid farmers who are being forced to dump their milk in light of decreased demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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The state Department of Health Services announced on April 2 a total of 1,730 positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin.
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With the need for COVID-19 tests exceeding their availability, alongside shortages in testing supplies, health systems and hospitals are seeking to fill in the gaps. Dr. Bobbi Pritt, the director of the clinical parasitology laboratory at Mayo Clinic, discusses how it developed its own test.
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After more than a year of planning, organizers have postponed the DNC amid fears over the new coronavirus.
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Wisconsin colleges and universities are changing their strategies for recruiting potential students and getting them to commit to enrollment amid strict bans on social gatherings due to the new coronavirus.,
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COVID-19 is forcing new behaviors during what a personal finance expert calls "unprecedented times." One of those shifts should be toward a conservative mindset when it comes to our finances.
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As COVID-19 continues to spread in Wisconsin, and personal protective equipment (PPE) becomes more and more important for frontline workers, questions have surfaced about what happens to that equipment when it’s discarded.