On February 26, 2024, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Population Health Sciences held a seminar featuring Alfredo Morabia, Editor and Chief of the American Journal of Public Health speaking on “Public Health Lessons of the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
October 30, 2023, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health – Department of Population Health Sciences Monday Seminar featured Dr. Ryan Westergaard speaking about Building the Academic Health Department: A Vision for Research, Teaching and Public Service. Dr. Westergaard is a faculty member of the Division of Infectious Disease within the Department of Medicine. In […]
Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary-Designee Kirsten Johnson received bipartisan approval in a Senate Committee earlier this month. Prior to that, she led the Public Health Department in the city of Milwaukee during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. She now leads the state as the Medicaid program unwinds from pandemic enrollment and faces other […]
Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary-Designee Kirsten Johnson received bipartisan approval in a Senate Committee earlier this month. Prior to that, she led the Public Health Department in the city of Milwaukee during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. She now leads the state as the Medicaid program unwinds from pandemic enrollment and faces other […]
On September 13, 2023, as federal regulatory approval has been granted for the 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine, DHS is encouraging Wisconsinites to make a plan to protect against COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses. Dr. Ryan Westergaard, Chief Medical Officer of the DHS Bureau of Communicable Diseases, was available to answer questions about the vaccines.
On September 12, 2023, the Wisconsin State Assembly held a floor session on the following: Assembly Bill 386: lowering the individual income tax rates in the third bracket and increasing and expanding the retirement income subtraction Assembly Joint Resolution 66: Requiring a supermajority in each house of the legislature for passage of tax increase legislation […]
On August 23, 2023, Dr. Ryan Westergaard, Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Health Services Bureau of Communicable Diseases, was available to answer questions on how to prevent COVID-19, influenza, and RSV, among other illnesses.
The Department of Administration Secretary-designee Kathy Blumenfeld has been extraordinarily busy since she took the helm of the agency in January 2022. Not only has she led the most recent state biennial budget process, she is working to address state workforce shortages, was put in charge of administering the Governor’s Clean Energy Plan, and, she […]
The Department of Administration Secretary-designee Kathy Blumenfeld has been extraordinarily busy since she took the helm of the agency in January 2022. Not only has she led the most recent state biennial budget process, she is working to address state workforce shortages, was put in charge of administering the Governor’s Clean Energy Plan, and, she […]
The federal government has announced the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency will end May 11. In Wisconsin, case numbers, hospitalizations, and deaths from COVID-19 are significantly lower than they were during the surge in late 2021 and early 2022, and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has been making plans to move away from an emergency response to the virus. On April 26, 2023, DHS Deputy Secretary […]
On December 15, 2022, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services will hosted a media briefing regarding an update on the first round of grants from the America Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) being awarded to Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) throughout Wisconsin. DHS Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake will offer an overview of HCBS in the state and […]
