Tim Stumm

Editor @wihealthnews and @healthnewsIll.

[Wisconsin Health News @WiHealthNews]

Our Legislator Roundtable with @MaryFelzkowski, @StateSenLaTonya, @LisaSubeck and @rob_summerfield and is less than an hour away!

Register for free to watch live:
https://t.co/Ux8r8JtCS7

[Health News Illinois @HealthNewsIll]

Our live, virtual Legislator Roundtable is just over an hour away, featuring: @TomDemmer, @repgregharris, @SenMattieHunter and @Sen1Dave.

Register for free: https://t.co/HXMNN0j42a

[Tim Stumm @StummTim]

What will this legislative session mean for Illinois healthcare?

Learn more 2/7 at our annual @HealthNewsIll Legislator Roundtable w/ @TomDemmer, @repgregharris, @SenatorHunter and @Sen1Dave.

Register for free for the live, virtual event:
https://t.co/GAwRFJZf4O

[Tim Stumm @StummTim]

The coming months could mean big changes for WI healthcare. Learn more 2/8 at our annual @WiHealthNews Legislator Roundtable with: @MaryFelzkowski, @StateSenLaTonya, @LisaSubeck and @rob_summerfield.

Register for free for this live, virtual event:
https://t.co/R2phETFBco

[Tim Stumm @StummTim]

"If we recover from this pandemic and don’t change access across this country, then we haven’t taken advantage of our learnings from this pandemic."

-@RushMedical CEO Dr. Omar Lateef told @RVVoyles in a recent interview with @HealthNewsIll.

https://t.co/K7zNjjd0pE

[Tim Stumm @StummTim]

Learn more 1/26 on what addressing climate change means for health equity at our next @HealthNewsIll virtual panel, featuring: @RepUnderwood @AdvocateAurora @ILPublicHealth @ChooseMemorial and @uicpublichealth.

Register for free: https://t.co/hxE6VV72xE

[Molly Beck @MollyBeck]

Breaking: Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke says he won't seek re-election.

[Tim Stumm @StummTim]

"Omicron... will ultimately find just about everybody." via @CNN
https://t.co/UuMWY2bqaz

[Tim Stumm @StummTim]

The 7-day average for daily new confirmed COVID-19 cases in WI climbed to 9,696 after @DHSWI reported another 12,305 cases Tuesday.

[Tim Stumm @StummTim]

.@chicagosmayor Lori Lightfoot has tested positive for COVID-19, she said Tuesday afternoon. She's experiencing cold-like symptoms and plans to continue working from home while following the @CDCgov guidelines for isolation.

[Tim Stumm @StummTim]

.@thedacare's Frank Mellon predicts omicron could end up infecting half of residents in Fox Valley - where hospitals are close to being overwhelmed, via @WiHealthNews @skirkb

https://t.co/Z5qnRg3U93

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

Question from @SenBaldwin: where do things stand on vaccines for kids under 5?

FDA’s Woodcock offers no real details but affirms the goal.

WOODCOCK: “There are people who really want to … get the children vaccinated. So we are working very intensely on this right now.”

[Tim Stumm @StummTim]

.@mkecounty's @BenWWeston: Best estimates show omicron peak happening in WI in 1-2 weeks, but will be several weeks after that when hospitalizations, and then deaths, start coming down.

[Tim Stumm @StummTim]

Climate change is impacting health in Illinois.

Learn more 1/26 at a live, virtual @HealthNewsIll event with @RepUnderwood, @uicpublichealth's Elena Grossman, @ILPublicHealth's Tom Hughes and @ChooseMemorial's Todd Mourning.

Register for free:
https://t.co/hxE6VV72xE

[Tim Stumm @StummTim]

.@KathleenBernie8, who led a charge to secure more mental health beds in NW Wisconsin, is not seeking re-election.

[Matt Smith @mattsmith_news]

State Sen. Kathy Bernier announces she will not seek re-election

[Tim Stumm @StummTim]

@NorthShoreWeb and @healthydriven Edward-Elmhurst Health's merger is official, creating the third largest health system in Illinois. @HealthNewsIll caught up with CEOs JP Gallagher and Mary Lou Mastro to learn more.
https://t.co/BHSbso9TBe

[Tim Stumm @StummTim]

.@MilwaukeeMPS will stay virtual until at least 1/18, after more than 1,000 teachers and students tested positive for COVID-19 in last week, via @RoryLinnane @journalsentinel
https://t.co/ObvwKyg0Jl

[Tim Stumm @StummTim]

.@DHSWI reports another record for COVID-19 cases in WI at 11,547.

[WIDeptHealthServices @DHSWI]

Your #COVID19_WI update & for the 3rd day in a row, a record high of new confirmed cases. 11,547 is the highest one-day report throughout the pandemic to date. Please get vaccinated & boosted, wear a mask, get tested & stay home when sick. #StopTheSpread: https://t.co/kcBqlXhW35

[Molly Beck @MollyBeck]

GOP senate leader Devin LeMahieu says Gov. Tony Evers should put more funding to nursing homes amid a COVID-19 surge
https://t.co/FwlClyZpzL via @patrickdmarley

[Tim Stumm @StummTim]

.@MMSDschools heading back to in-person learning on Monday!