A plan to cut about half a billion dollars from the state's Medicaid costs put forward by Gov. Scott Walker's administration is drawing an overwhelmingly negative response at the first of two public hearings.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Health Services will hold a town hall meeting in Madison about proposed changes to Medicaid.

Members of the Hmong community may be at increased risk for contracting Blastomycosis.

MONROE, Wis. (AP) — Health officials are investigating two recently confirmed cases of E. coli in children in a southern Wisconsin school district.

WASHINGTON (AP) — An outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe is now linked to 23 deaths, making it the deadliest known outbreak of foodborne illness in the U.S. in more than 25 years.

We're still more than two months from Christmas, but area students are helping a little girl enjoy the holiday season.

Women who marry before the age of 18 may face a higher risk of mental illness. This is according to a new French study that looked at over 18,000 women.

Health officials say emergency room visits by children injured in sports and recreational activities rose 60 percent in the past decade. They said that's probably because parents and coaches are more careful about getting these head injuries treated.

Aspirus VNA Home Health is offering a unique flu clinic on Oct. 14 for children and families.

The health police are at it again. Their target? Tanning salons in California. The state has banned indoor tanning for children under 18 effective Jan. 1, 2012, Gov. Jerry Brown announced Sunday.

Listeria-tainted cantaloupes from Colorado have now sickened 109 people and claimed 21 lives in 23 states, federal officials say.

COTTAGE GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Health officials say a middle school student in the Monona Grove School District has been diagnosed and treated for an E. coli infection.

Federal health authorities say a nationwide outbreak of listeria in Colorado cantaloupes is now responsible for 21 deaths and the number may continue to grow.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The number of abortions performed in Wisconsin dropped by more than 8 percent last year.

The 6th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Ride Run and Raffle is this weekend in Marshfield.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The premium is increasing again for enrollees in Wisconsin's BadgerCare Plus Basic health insurance plan.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says his administration's proposed cuts to Medicaid are designed to preserve a basic safety net.

Wisconsin lawmakers were to be briefed by Department of Health Services officials about the status of a popular program to keep elderly people out of nursing homes.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have raised the death toll to 18 in an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe.

Young athletes who suffer what appears to be a concussion or head injury would have to be immediately removed from the activity and not be allowed to return until examined by a health care provider and given written clearance under a bill up for hearing in the Legislature.

Your Facebook page says a lot about people - their friends, favorite band, and your "farming" habits. But can it also tell whether they are at risk for drinking?

The lettuce recall over Listeria fears may be bigger than originally thought, with the California farm that issued the recall saying its notice had gone out to 19 states and Canada.

As sure as the falling leaves, every fall comes the flu.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Officials confirm that cantaloupes linked to a multi-state outbreak of listeria infection were sold in Wisconsin Aldi stores.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials have released a sweeping package of sweeping Medicaid reforms designed to save more than half-a-billion dollars.