Stories tagged: "Vaccine News"

Coronavirus A nurse fills a syringe with a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson-owned Janssen Pharmaceuticals. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)
Coronavirus Don’t Be Alarmed By Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause, Wisconsin Health Officials Say

“We’re very hopeful that this will be a fairly short pause,” Department of Health Services deputy secretary says.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski April 13, 2021 4:03 pm CDT
Coronavirus The Ho Chunk Community Center in Black River Falls. (Photo by Christina Lieffring)
Coronavirus A Little Public Outreach Goes a Long Way as Ho-Chunk Boosts WI Vaccination Progress

Tribe is again focused on its membership, but the public outreach helped Wisconsin reach 1 million people fully vaccinated.

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring April 6, 2021 9:36 am CDT
Coronavirus Tony Evers with vaccine recipient
Coronavirus All Wisconsinites 16 and Older Will Be Vaccine-Eligible on April 5

But it’s not all good news—COVID cases are rising again and Gov. Evers cautions “this pandemic is not over.”

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski March 30, 2021 3:45 pm CDT
Coronavirus (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Coronavirus A Million Reasons to Feel Better About Wisconsin Progress Against COVID-19

Immunizations complete for more than 1 million people. State on track to meet May 1 deadline for widespread vaccine eligibility. Legal challenge to face mask safeguard about to be decided.

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring March 29, 2021 3:52 pm CDT
Politics US Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Green Bay), locked down in his Washington, DC office during the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, tells former President Trump that he directly needs to "call off" the violent protesters. (Image via the Associated Press)
Politics Green Bay Gets Big Help From the COVID Bill. Their Congressman Says He Hates It.

City of Green Bay is getting $25 million in recession relief, but Gallagher calls a financial boost for essential workers a “bonus for bureaucrats.”

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring March 15, 2021 4:30 pm CDT

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A nurse fills a syringe with a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson-owned Janssen Pharmaceuticals. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) Coronavirus Don’t Be Alarmed By Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause, Wisconsin Health Officials Say
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
Coronavirus Photo courtesy of Mayo Health System-Eau Claire
Coronavirus Wisconsin Greatly Expands Vaccine Eligibility, Adding 2+ Million Residents

Health officials expect to open the vaccine up to all state residents in May.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski March 12, 2021 11:34 am CST
Coronavirus Medical assistant Jeanne Xiong of N.E.W. Community Clinic of Green Bay gives nurse practitioner Michelle Fowles Ceva her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 27, 2021. (Photo by Christina Lieffring)
Coronavirus Who Will Be in Vaccine Group 1C? Nobody Knows Yet, but the Work to Decide It Is Now Underway

Certain chronic and pre-existing conditions may be at the top of the next list.

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring March 4, 2021 4:40 pm CST