RWHC News & Updates

A Surge in South Dakota

posted on 11/13/2020 9:27:00 AM

Dr Tom Dean, a Rural Family Practitioner in South Dakota, talks to CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta–South Dakota has had one of the worst spikes of Covid-19 cases in the country, with the positivity rate now climbing above 50%. Po...

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The December 2020 issue Eye On Health is now available

posted on 11/13/2020 9:06:00 AM

This issue includes: Wisconsin is Losing, Bias in Proposed Vaccine Distribution?, Celebrating National Rural Health Day, RWHC Achieves National Gold Recognition, A Nursing Legend Rightly Honored, The First Cartoon in Eye On Health , WI Rural GME Laun...

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Election Day is over, and guess what?

posted on 11/10/2020 8:34:00 AM

A plain speaking family physician sharing his experience and hope. (Article by Dr Tom Dean, Wessington Springs, South Dakota)

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Celebrating National Rural Health Day

posted on 11/9/2020 9:42:00 AM

A Commentary by Tim Size, RWHC Executive Director

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Message to our farmer friends...

posted on 11/9/2020 8:10:00 AM

From a colleague to Tim Size, RWHC Executive Director: “I debated making this post but if it saves one of my friends, family member or neighbor it's worth it.

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Wisconsin captured national eye in election; can it do so now with COVID fight?

posted on 11/6/2020 8:02:00 AM

A commentary by Tom Still, President, Wisconsin Technology Council

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Stop the COVID Spread! Coalition releases its 3rd public education announcement "Wisconsin, We Need You to Step Up"

posted on 11/2/2020 11:19:00 AM

The latest ad features a frontline nurse at ThedaCare in Appleton. Katie, a frontline nurse from Appleton, is asking Wisconsin to step up. Wisconsin, we can't do this without you.

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It's Not All About You..

posted on 10/29/2020 8:51:00 AM

(Covid-19 Cartoon)

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Team Effort: Stop the COVID Spread!

posted on 10/26/2020 10:05:00 AM

(Video) Slowing the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Wisconsin has to be a team effort. Adrian Amos, Kenny Clark, and Marquez Valdes-Scantling of the Green Bay Packers are asking Wisconsin residents to do their part in this latest public education message...

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Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers, and Milwaukee Bucks Join Stop the COVID Spread! Coalition Efforts

posted on 10/26/2020 10:00:00 AM

Madison, WI -- All three of Wisconsin’s major professional sports teams are getting involved in a new coalition effort to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Today, the “Stop the COVID Spread!” coalition released its second public education announ...

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RWHC Wears Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

posted on 10/23/2020 10:59:00 AM

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Rural hospitals impacted as COVID-19 cases soar nationwide

posted on 10/22/2020 8:24:00 AM

(CBS News) Coronavirus hospitalizations are rising in 37 states, and rural hospitals are feeling the brunt of the fall surge. Upland Hills Health in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, has just three ICU beds total. Doctors say for the first time, they're unable ...

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COVID-19 Patients Swamp Rural Hospitals

posted on 10/20/2020 12:39:00 PM

The nation’s pandemic hotspots have shifted to rural communities, overwhelming small hospitals that are running out of beds or lack the intensive care units for more than one or two seriously ill patients.

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Former WI Governor Tommy Thompson Speaks Up to "Stop the Spread" (Video)

posted on 10/19/2020 1:41:00 PM

Wisconsin is facing a COVID-19 crisis, and we all need to work together to help get it under control. Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative (RWHC) is proud to be one of the more than 30 organizations that have joined in an effort aimed at combating the ...

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