Mayo Clinic Health System leader says staff is feeling burnout, but remains committed to patients
With 110 new COVID cases in La Crosse County Thursday, hospital professionals are stressed with COVID-19.
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2 people who attended Trump's rally in North Carolina have tested positive for coronavirus
Two people who attended one of President Donald Trump's recent rallies in North Carolina have tested positive for the coronavirus.
New drive in medical building in La Crosse busy during first week
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) - A little more than a week after it opened, a drive-thru lab and COVID-19 testing site is staying busy.…
Trump seems to strike a new tone on masks: 'If you get close, wear a mask'
President Donald Trump struck a slightly new tone on mask-wearing at a rally on Thursday, telling a group of largely maskless, shoulder-to-shoulder supporters that he thinks wearing a mask is appropriate when social distancing isn't possible.
Birx cedes White House turf to Atlas while hitting the road to spread her public health gospel
Dr. Deborah Birx emerged from a meeting at the White House one day in late summer with a new resolution: Never again would she sit in a meeting with Dr. Scott Atlas and listen to him pontificate on the pandemic.
Halloween safety tips from Gundersen Health System
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) - Halloween is approaching fast and Gundersen Health System is reminding parents about how to trick or treat safely amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Health experts say everyone involved in…
More than 40 states are reporting an increase in Covid-19 cases and many in the Midwest are seeing record hospitalizations
The US is adding an average of more than 74,000 new Covid-19 cases to the national total every day -- a record high in a pandemic that experts say is likely to worsen.
Immunity to coronavirus lingers for months, study finds
Immunity to COVID-19 infection lingers for at least five months, researchers reported — and probably longer than that.
'If we don't change course there will be issues': La Crosse hospital capacity at risk as COVID-19 affects older people
La Crosse County healthcare experts say there is room to take care of people who need it right now. However, they say the county is trending in the wrong direction and the health resources they have are not infinite.
Sewage testing shows a country flush with coronavirus cases
When Rosa Inchausti and her colleagues started testing wastewater in Tempe, Arizona, it was 2018 and they were not looking for coronavirus. They were tracking the opioid epidemic.
