In the high school graduating class of 2036, there could be plenty of grads named Jackson or Jaxon — of both sexes. La Crosse’s two hospitals...
There’s the classroom and there’s being in the back of a moving ambulance, trying to perform under pressure. Students at Western Technical College will now get...
La Crosse’s two big medical centers will both have smaller rate increases for 2019 than in previous years. Gundersen Health System has just released combined clinic...
A new dental specialties clinic for Gundersen in downtown La Crosse might be going into an old building, but it should look like new when complete....
A new local appliance store hopes to carry on the Wettsteins legacy. Karl’s TV store chain, based in South Dakota, is celebrating the grand opening of...
The first case of the flu has hit La Crosse this week. With many people not having an urgency to get vaccinated, these next couple weeks...
La Crosse County has one of the highest concentrations of psychiatrists in Wisconsin. That according to a new study by the group Wisconsin Policy Forum, which...
You might consider yourself lucky if you’ve never had to be transported to a hospital in an ambulance. Many people got to see ambulances up close...
New research has found that C-section rates have doubled worldwide since 2000. Medical experts say 10-15 percent of C-sections are medically necessary. The new research, however,...
A new CDC report has the medical community nervous about possible disease outbreaks. Of children born in 2015, 1.3 percent had not received any recommended vaccinations,...
It’s a community trail now. The newly named Swift Creek Trail was unveiled Thursday. A multi-use trail that had previously been for Gundersen Health System employees...
Accusations against Brett Kavanaugh and sentencing of Bill Cosby have brought up one main question above others: Why it takes years for victims to relay their...
The number of people around the world with cancer is “rapidly growing” according to a WHO study. The World Health Organization released its findings this month, stating that...
A scary start to the week for those at the Gundersen Health System emergency room. Chris Eberlein, head of the ER and the chair of the...
There’s a production shortage of EpiPens nationwide. To help mitigate the dilemma, the FDA has simply extended the expiration date on each product by four months....
Selling natural gas that’s produced in the La Crosse County landfill has become a steady source of income for the county. The methane used to be...
Opioids, normal saline, antibiotics and more are in short supply at hospitals around the country, including Wisconsin. A drug shortage, which started in 2011, has peaked...
A recent survey shows 54 percent of physicians are burned out at work. The Stanford University study surveyed 6,695 doctors, showing symptoms of burnout from extreme...
It’s returning to its roots. Gundersen Health System in La Crosse has announced it will be purchasing part of the Wettstein’s building at the corner of...
A local emergency room doctor is skeptical about a study that seems to favor legalizing marijuana. The study, recently put out by the journal JAMA Internal...
