Sarah Volpenhein

6 days ago | sheboyganpress.com | Sarah Volpenhein

Lakeland Care serves about 7,200 people in the Family Care program across 31 Wisconsin counties. CareSource, an Ohio-based health insurance company, is continuing its expansion into Wisconsin's long-term care and health insurance market. CareSource has struck a deal with Lakeland Care, a nonprofit based in Fond du Lac that manages long-term care for people with disabilities and elderly people in Wisconsin's Family Care program, according to a news release issued May 5.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Alison Dirr |Sarah Volpenhein

It was no coincidence that Terresa Linton and her 9-year-old son were among the first to step foot in the May 7 lead screening clinic at Milwaukee's North Division High School. Her son, Thailand Hodges, attends Brown Street Academy — one of the two most recent Milwaukee Public Schools buildings that will close so lead hazards can be addressed. When the school closes May 12, students and staff will move to Andrew S. Douglas Middle School.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Sarah Volpenhein

Two Chicago area residents have been diagnosed with measles, the first cases of the highly contagious disease identified in Cook County this year, according to health authorities. The new cases add to a growing resurgence of measles nationally, which has infected more than 880 people — mostly children — in 29 states since January, according to the latest counts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Sarah Volpenhein

The Medical College of Wisconsin has lost about $5 million in research grants, frozen some hiring and halted development of a new physician assistant program, amid funding uncertainty driven by Trump administration policies, the college's president said.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Sarah Volpenhein

Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Rep. Gwen Moore called on the nation's top health official to reinstate fired lead poisoning experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were helping with a lead contamination crisis in Milwaukee. The two Congressional members, both Democrats, made the call in a letter this week to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.