LA CROSSE (WKBT) - This month is National Diabetes Month and Mayo Clinic Health System is bringing attention to Type 2 diabetes. The CDC reports that more than half of Hispanic adults are expected to develop Type 2 diabetes. But…
Wisconsin is one of six states to receive the grant, totaling $868,730 in the first year. DHS says the money will be used to bolster partnerships with groups involved with mental health and suicide prevention in areas of the state where suicide rates are the highest.
Mental health issues in adolescents were on the rise before the COVID-19 pandemic, but health experts are seeing rates of depression and anxiety symptoms double since the pandemic, according to La Crosse's Mayo Clinic Health System.
The Centers for Disease Control sent out a health advisory this week for an uptick in cases of parechovirus infections.
Nearly 42 percent of Americans are obese, according to according to a federal study taken between 2017 and 2020.
In 2020, overdose death rates increased 44% for Black people and 39% for American Indian and Alaska Native people compared with 2019, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report with drug overdose data from 25 states and the District of Columbia.
MADISON, Wis. (WKBT) — Wisconsin health officials have identified the second confirmed case of orthopoxvirus, presumed to be monkeypox, in a resident of Milwaukee County. The patient, whose illness was confirmed Saturday, is isolating, and the Wisconsin Department of Health…
A CDC investigation shows a multi-state outbreak of salmonella linked to backyard poultry contact.
After a brief stint at lower levels, La Crosse is back at a high level of COVID-19 transmission.
According to a new CDC report -- more than half of deaths by suicide involve firearms. Gun storage is an important part of this public health crisis. The correct gun storage practice can save a life.
