On “Wisconsin Today,” Dr. Nathaniel Chin, host of the Dementia Matters podcast, discusses a new study showing dementia cases are expected to double annually by 2060. But he adds there are ways to help prevent the disease.
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Milwaukee County launched a publically available drug overdose dashboard this week. An EMS director says publicly available data informs response and could reduce overdose deaths.
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Mahmoud Shayyah was in shock the day the brutal Assad regime fell. Today, his research at UW-Madison studying how war-torn countries can rebuild is ever more important.
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WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” spoke with two Wisconsin mental health care professionals who are embracing artificial intelligence while, they say, keeping ethics and patient safety at top of mind.
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Writer Theresa Okokon of Milwaukee County covers Blackness, family loss and a Wisconsin childhood in "Who I Always Was"
The post Her father disappeared when she was 9. In new memoir, Theresa Okokon explores his mysterious death. appeared first on WPR.
Blending poetry with other art forms such as music or visual arts is part of the reason a 16-member committee from the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission named Brenda Cárdenas Wisconsin’s newest poet laureate.
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Their mission is to support Operation Inherent Resolve, a joint military task force to reduce the threat of the Islamic State terrorist group, better known as ISIS.
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Huntsinger Farms in Eau Claire has been around for nearly a century. At the end of harvest season, "Wisconsin Today" hears about this specialty crop.
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The group of rotating classically trained musicians can be found singing in harmony across the state. Listen to them sing some of their most popular tunes and learn what makes caroling special.
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Listen to a playlist from the director of the new Green Bay punk rock doc "Green Blah," that highlights early local bands like The Tyrants and No Response.
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A participant of the new Bridge Dialogues program, which brings together survivors of clergy abuse and non-offending priests, said it is a small step toward healing.
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Award-winning author Hena Khan features Milwaukee’s all-Muslim girls basketball team in a new graphic novel called, “We Are Big Time.”
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The Salam Stars, Milwaukee's all-Muslim girls basketball team, is the subject of a new graphic novel.
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More than a century after being buried, and decade after being exhumed, a group of Milwaukee County residents are still awaiting a final resting place
The post Burying ‘The 831’ of Milwaukee County – again appeared first on WPR.
A five-year analysis of Wisconsin’s agriculture economy shows that despite an increase in revenue, the number of agriculture jobs and farms decreased.
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