Stories tagged: "Pam White"

Politics Emergency department medical staff at Meriter Hospital in Madison with a message for the public back in March. (Photo provided)
Politics What Caring For COVID Patients Has Done To These Nurses

They are often the last ones to hold a hand as COVID-19 claims life after life.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson December 30, 2020 3:33 pm CST
Politics Nurses staff the COVID-19 testing site at Mayo Clinic Health System-Red Cedar in Menomonie. (Photo courtesy of Mayo Clinic Health System)
Politics Mayo Nursing Administrators Are Being Asked to Work Nursing Shifts

Mayo’s five hospitals in the northwest region are at 100% of capacity, more than 300 nurses and medical staff quarantined.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson November 13, 2020 5:30 pm CST
Coronavirus Tyler Bowe, left, an emergency room nurse at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, talks with Jeffrey Ellenbecker, a paramedic at the hospital, before he enters the room of a COVID-19 patient Wednesday. (Photo provided by HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital)
Coronavirus Chief Medical Officer: Overwhelmed Wisconsin Hospitals May Have to Stop Treating People

Hospitals across the state are running out of intensive care beds, as new COVID-19 cases again top more than 7,000 in a single day.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson November 11, 2020 4:35 pm CST

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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) holds a press conference on April 13 where he demands Gov. Tony Evers accept severe restrictions on local health officials, schools, and the governor himself in exchange for tens of millions of dollars in federal supplemental COVID food aid. (Image via Wisconsin Eye.) Politics Evers and Timberlake Find a Way to Bypass Vos’ Willingness to Lose Millions in Food Aid for Families
An archival image of the Plainfield Tunnel Channel Lakes in Waushara County, which have experienced a reduction in water levels due to groundwater withdrawals for irrigated agriculture. (Photo credit: Wisconsin DNR) Natural Resources Clean Water at Stake as WI Supreme Court Hears Appeals to Take GOP Restrictions Off the DNR
Left: A sewer line under construction along St. Paul Avenue in Milwaukee in 1920. Right: Victor Berger, co-founder of the Socialist Party of America, editor of the Milwaukee Leader, and the first Socialist elected to Congress. Lower: Construction of a Milwaukee sewer line in 1932. (Photos courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. Graphic by Morgaine Ford-Workman.) Infrastructure Infrastructure Is Good Politics—Just Ask Milwaukee’s Sewer Socialists of 1904
The state Capitol in Madison is reflected off the windows of an office building across the street. (Photo by Julian Emerson) Politics Not Allowed: Nonpartisan Analysis Finds a Flaw in GOP Plans for Wisconsin Stimulus Money