The United Negro College Fund will be sponsoring a marrow donor registration drive on Saturday, July 17 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Veterans Park. The registration drive will be held at the BloodCenter … [Read more...]
Help save the day by donating blood through the American Red Cross
Down the street and across the country there are patients in need of lifesaving blood. Area residents can be a summer lifesaver and make a difference in the lives of others by donating blood through … [Read more...]
Governor Doyle celebrates a smokefree Wisconsin
Governor Jim Doyle this week visited communities across the state to celebrate a state law that goes into effect on July 5, making public places, including restaurants, taverns, and other indoor … [Read more...]
Governor announces continued leadership in organ donation
Thanks donor families for giving the gift of life Governor Jim Doyle last week announced at the 17th Annual Governor’s Gift of Life Ceremony that 2.4 million people have added an orange “donor dot” … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Fatherhood Collaborative, Wisconsin Donor Network and Parklawn YMCA hosts teenage father and family symposium
Teen fatherhood challenges will be addressed in a free symposium purposed to focus on teen fathers and their families on June 26th at the Parklawn YMCA, 4340 North Sherman Boulevard, from 10 AM until … [Read more...]
Safe sleep messages expand to reduce infant deaths
By Lynda Jones, Editor Mayor Tom Barrett and Commissioner of Health Bevan K. Baker unveiled additional hard-hitting safe sleep campaign messages aimed to prevent further infant deaths in … [Read more...]
Hunger Task Force expands its annual free summer meals program for children
By Cassandra Lans The Hunger Task Force launched its seventh annual summer meals program this week an initiative that provides free meals to Milwaukee children in the summer months. The program has … [Read more...]
DHS Secretary announces Smoke-Free Law Media campaign
Campaign’s message: Wisconsin is better smoke-free MADISON—Department of Health Services Secretary Karen Timberlake announced the kick-off of a new statewide multi-media campaign to promote and … [Read more...]
The Affordable Care Act: Strengthening Medicare, combating misinformation and protecting America’s seniors
The Affordable Care Act passed by Congress and signed by President Obama this year will provide seniors and their families with greater savings and increased quality health care. It will also ensure … [Read more...]
White House meeting on Black Men and HIV
By Gregorio Millett The toll of the HIV epidemic among Black men in the United States is staggering. CDC estimates that 1 in 16 Black men will become infected with HIV in their lifetime. An … [Read more...]
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