Posted: 12:31 PM The numbers of reported bedbug problems has steadily increased throughout the United States over the past decade. As demonstrated by recent media coverage, the City of Madison and other Dane County communities are no exception to this trend.
Posted: 3:59 PM UW Health physicians are encouraging expectant mothers in Wisconsin to get their flu shots after four unvaccinated pregnant women were hospitalized this week with influenza.
Posted: 12:09 PM University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics joins an elite group as one of the first hospitals in the country to receive Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification from The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
Updated: 7:07 PM UPDATE: UW Health physicians say that this season’s increase in flu-like illness in Wisconsin is in stark contrast with 2011, one of the mildest flu seasons in recent memory.
Posted: 3:13 PM Wisconsin health officials are encouraging residents to get their flu shots and to tell their family and friends it's not too late to get protection against the flu.
Posted: 4:55 PM Meriter expects approximately 50 employees will have their position eliminated or decline re-deployment to another position.
Posted: 11:05 AM Gov. Scott Walker says he still hasn't decided whether Wisconsin will seek a voluntary expansion of Medicaid services as provided under the federal health care overhaul.
Posted: 4:47 PM A big U.S. study finds that mammograms have done surprisingly little to catch deadly breast cancers before they spread.
Posted: 10:54 AM The contractor that provides non-emergency transportation for Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus participants plans to end its deals with the state.
Updated: 2:54 PM Researchers believe that coffee may do more than just wake you up.
Posted: 11:29 AM The Medical College of Wisconsin has selected St. Norbert College in De Pere for its Green Bay area satellite campus.
Posted: 10:57 AM In a new study of 2,793 teens from 20 urban middle and high schools, more than 90 percent of boys and 80 percent of girls said they were exercising to become more buff.
Posted: 3:01 PM The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says black women are 40 percent more likely to die of breast cancer than white women are.
Posted: 11:33 AM Doctors trying to find some of the causes of autism put another piece into the puzzle on Monday: They found women who had flu while they were pregnant were twice as likely to have a child later diagnosed with autism.
Posted: 11:24 AM While antibiotics can be powerfully effective medicines in fighting illnesses and infections caused by bacteria, they are completely useless when they are used to combat a disease caused by a virus.
Updated: 9:16 AM UW Health is trying to reduce the number of influenza cases caught in hospitals by requiring employees to get flu shots.
Updated: 11:36 AM UPDATE: Gov. Scott Walker plans to announce Friday morning whether Wisconsin will move forward with implementing a health insurance exchange or defer to the federal government.
Updated: 5:32 PM Public Health - Madison and Dane County (PHMDC) reports that there have been 17 cases of shigella infection occurring between September 20th and October 30th.
Posted: 11:54 AM Hurricane Sandy has forced the cancellation of approximately 300 American Red Cross blood drives in 14 states along the East Coast, resulting in a shortfall of nearly 9,000 blood and platelet donations already.
Posted: 11:48 AM Mexico says an outbreak of the H7N3 bird flu virus in western Mexico has been "totally controlled" after 68 days without any reports of new cases.
Posted: 10:59 AM Cheerleading isn't just jumping and waving pompoms - it has become as athletic and potentially as dangerous as a sport and should be designated one to improve safety, the nation's leading group of pediatricians says.
Posted: 11:15 AM A study ties chocolate consumption to the number of Nobel Prize winners a country has and suggests it's a sign that the sweet treat can boost brain power.
Posted: 11:31 AM So what's a good medication-free way to get a nice, deep sleep? Thanks to popular culture, many of us still believe certain foods can put us out like a light. But getting a good night's sleep is much more about what you don't eat before you hit the hay.
Posted: 1:46 PM The number of people sickened by a deadly meningitis outbreak has now reached 119 cases, including 11 deaths.
Posted: 11:58 AM A leukemia patient making what she calls an "end-of-life" trip to Hawaii says she was embarrassed by security agents at the Seattle airport who refused her request for a private pat-down and made her lift her shirt and pull back her bandages.
