David Wahlberg, Southern Illinoisan

David Wahlberg

Southern Illinoisan

Madison, WI, United States

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Past:
  • Southern Illinoisan
  • The Capital Times

Past articles by David:

Wisconsin researchers working on universal coronavirus vaccine

A "pan-coronavirus" vaccine might protect against many strains at once. → Read More

Older and with fewer services, rural Wisconsin wrestles with dementia

Dementia can be more of a struggle in rural areas, where adult day care, home care, nursing homes and other services can be hard to come by. → Read More

Former Gov. Martin Schreiber shares wisdom of caring for wife with Alzheimer's

Martin Schreiber’s book, “My Two Elaines,” explores the struggles of dementia for those who have it and for their caregivers. → Read More

Families, policy makers struggle to address dementia and caregiving

An aging population and a shortage of caregivers mean Wisconsin faces a dementia crisis, officials and advocates say. → Read More

Middleton assisted living facility evicts 87-year-old after she goes on Medicaid

The woman's discharge is part of what appears to be an increase in assisted living dismissals stemming from low Medicaid reimbursement rates. → Read More

Madison-area stem cell clinics part of 'gray market' under increased scrutiny

Madison-area clinics are offering stem cell injections for joint pain, joining hundreds of clinics around the country promoting stem cell therapies for a variety of disorders — some of which → Read More

Wisconsin to cover weight-loss surgery for state workers

Wisconsin will cover weight-loss surgery for state employees who qualify, joining most states in providing such coverage, the board overseeing state worker health benefits decided this week. → Read More

Madison-area Latino community health needs, strengths outlined in new report

The Latino population in south-central Wisconsin has strengths and challenges, according to a new report released by the Carbone Cancer Center’s Cancer Health Disparities Initiative. → Read More

As Wisconsin farmers struggle, new effort aims to prevent suicide

Financial struggles led Leon Statz to sell his 50 dairy cows, causing the third-generation farmer to become depressed. → Read More

UW researcher using stem cells to create 'spare part' for blindness

Dr. David Gamm is one of about 100 faculty researchers using stem cells to model diseases, screen drugs or develop cell therapies at UW-Madison, where James Thomson gained international attention → Read More

Madison VA hospital's care deficient before veteran's death by suicide, report says

Staff didn’t hold the man for an additional 72 hours, as they could have, and there were problems with discharge planning, follow-up and outpatient pharmacy care, says a report by → Read More

Opportunities to have children expand at Madison-area fertility clinics

When Kate and Aaron Bender learned that Aaron has a potentially fatal genetic disorder, they decided to try in-vitro fertilization and test their embryos before implanting one, so they wouldn’t → Read More

Madison man's death from epilepsy highlights need for research

Jared Kimball found a good job, moved into his own apartment, finished his accounting degree and paid off his first nice car. → Read More

911 dispatchers could get mental health crisis training

Emergency dispatchers in Dane County would get mental health crisis intervention training under an amendment to the county’s proposed 2018 budget. → Read More

Declining birth rate in Wisconsin, U.S. could be good or bad

Wisconsin’s birth rate declined in the past decade, and the national birth rate hit a record low last year, causing some to worry about workforce and economic instability while others → Read More

UW Health joins 'telementoring' effort to spread knowledge about pediatric care

When children in the street are hit by motor vehicles, their injuries can be worse than for adults, a pediatric trauma expert from Madison recently told health care workers from → Read More

UW Health's American Family Children's Hospital, now 10 years old, continues to expand

With two babies in the neonatal intensive care unit at UW Health’s American Family Children’s Hospital and two young boys at home, Jackie and Zach Westrick, of Madison, are managing → Read More

Recruiting from the reservation: UW boosts effort to train Native American medical students

In high school near Green Bay, Justin Meyers worked at a hospital, delivering food to patients. In college, at UW-Madison, he joined Air Force ROTC. → Read More

Unity and Gundersen health plans seek merger

Unity Health Insurance and Gundersen Health Plan have asked the state to let them merge. → Read More

Bill seeks $25 million in state money for osteopathic medical school in Jefferson

A bill seeking a $25 million construction grant for a planned $125 million College of Osteopathic Medicine in Jefferson was introduced Monday. → Read More