In the not-too-distant past, a deadly public health epidemic meant the separation of families.
Before COVID, the possibility of a new disease emerging seemingly out of nowhere and spreading around the world in a matter of days sounded like the plot of a science fiction movie.
War-ravaged Yemen is teetering on the brink of a third cholera epidemic, the World Health Organization warned Friday.
Naloxone, a drug that rapidly reverses opioid overdose, has become more widely available as the United States struggles with an epidemic of drug abuse.
The former chief of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it's dangerous to cut epidemic prevention activities overseas.
Six members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS resigned last week, owing to "a president who simply does not care," one member wrote in a Newsweek op-ed on Friday headlined "Trump doesn't care about HIV. We're outta here."
According to the United Nations' UNAIDS program, Russia had the third-highest number of new HIV infections globally in 2015, behind South Africa and Nigeria.
Community members in Sauk County met Tuesday night to discuss the dangers of the heroin epidemic.
Joan Mack has been on the front line of ending the heroin addiction cycle by founding the highly success CARE program, which stands for Community Activated Recovery Enhancement.
As concern over the possibility of an Ebola outbreak grows, Gov. Scott Walker called on the federal government to institute a commercial travel ban for West African countries affected by Ebola.
Associate director for research at University of Wisconsin-Madison's Global Health Institute says, "If we simply put out the fire and move on to the next fire, we are going to have Ebola again."
Confirmed flu cases in Wisconsin have nearly doubled in the last week as area health officials continue to urge people to get vaccinated.
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