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HEAT Alert

posted on 2/18/2022 11:22:00 AM

(Ask your lawmakers to make threats against health care workers a felony in WI) -- Threats and acts of violence on health care providers are on the rise. Now you can do something about it by advocating for a law that will make threats against health ...

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Do Your Part (Public Education Video)

posted on 1/10/2022 12:22:00 PM

In response to the ongoing surge of COVID-19 cases throughout the state and the strain hospitals are experiencing as they seek to provide both COVID and regular care to their communities, WHA, through its 501(c)(4) social welfare organization Healthy...

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A Tribute to Sauk Prairie Healthcare Workers

posted on 12/30/2021 9:01:00 AM

(Video)

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Intimate portraits of a hospital COVID unit from a photojournalist-turned-nurse

posted on 12/28/2021 10:22:00 AM

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DHS Issues Public Health Advisory about the Omicron Variant

posted on 12/20/2021 3:04:00 PM

(PDF) As cases are anticipated to surge, DHS calls on Wisconsinites to take immediate action to prevent hospitalizations and deaths

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Rural Wisconsin hospitals 'burning on the inside' with COVID-19 surge

posted on 12/20/2021 9:41:00 AM

(Article & Video) MEDFORD — Leaders at Aspirus Medford Hospital gathered this week to assess their situation: 19 patients, double the regular load. Twelve with COVID-19, 11 of them unvaccinated. Three on ventilators, with another likely needing vent...

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New PSA Video- "I was wrong"

posted on 10/19/2021 1:05:00 PM

by the "Stop the COVID Spread! Coalition"

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Rural Vaccine Confidence Initiative

posted on 10/4/2021 8:44:00 AM

You know better than anyone that vaccine hesitancy among rural Americans means COVID-19 will linger in rural communities for the foreseeable future – unless something more is done to increase vaccination rates.NRHA has developed a grassroots initiat...

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Don’t wait. Vaccinate. "Coach Pete"

posted on 8/31/2021 6:51:00 AM

(Video) The ad features, Pete, a former long-time high school football coach and Pete's doctor, Dr. Heyka, of Bellin Health. Both are from Oconto, Wisconsin. “Don’t wait. Vaccinate." was produced by Platform Communications and will run for four w...

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Behind The Mask: Stories of the COVID-19 pandemic

posted on 8/27/2021 9:50:00 AM

SSM Health filmmakers, including a former NBC News producer, visited hospitals, homes and a PPE supply center across Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Missouri to capture stories of the pandemic as they unfolded in the lives of patients and front-line hospital...

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‘Do It for the People You Love,’ Says Pennsylvania Farmer in Video about Vaccination

posted on 8/23/2021 10:01:00 AM

John Painter felt so strongly about his decision to get vaccinated that he wanted to share his experience with more people. The resulting video is just what’s needed to communicate effectively and respectfully, says a communications professional.

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