Health Care
MCW receives $1.6 million cancer grant
The National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute has awarded a $1.6 million grant to The Medical College of Wisconsin to help develop immune cell-based cancer therapies.
Milwaukee Airport Inn will be converted to assisted living center
Value Hospitality Inc., a group led by Pat Kasthurirangaian, the general manager of the Hotel of the Arts Days Inn & Suites near downtown Milwaukee, recently purchased the 96-room Milwaukee Airport Inn, located at 1716 W. Layton Ave., and plans to convert it into an assisted living center.
Obamacare enrollment tops 139,000 in Wisconsin
More than 139,000 people in Wisconsin have enrolled in private health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace during the open enrollment period, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Rogers Memorial expands in West Allis
Rogers Memorial Hospital-West Allis is expanding to meet the community’s need for access to quality mental health care.
Dohmen named among nation’s healthiest companies
Chicago-based Interactive Health announced the 2013 winners of its annual “Healthiest Companies in America” award
Menomonee Falls-based Dohmen Life Science Services is one of the 68 companies named.
Menomonee Falls-based Dohmen Life Science Services is one of the 68 companies named.
Medical College receives research grant for neurodegenerative disease
The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a three-year, $740,000 grant funding research on neurodegenerative disease.
The grant comes from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and the research will investigate “how neurons clear toxic proteins involved in neurodegenerative disease,” MCW said in a press release.
The grant comes from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and the research will investigate “how neurons clear toxic proteins involved in neurodegenerative disease,” MCW said in a press release.
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GE Healthcare gains FDA approval for new imaging system
GE Healthcare, which has its North American headquarters in Wauwatosa, today announced it has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA)clearance for its Discovery IGS 740, a rail-free mobile angiography system.
Report: Wisconsin’s health care system again ranks in top 10
The Commonwealth Fund today released its “Scorecard on State Health System Performance,” ranking Wisconsin seventh in the nation.
New seed fund to benefit medical research
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. has awarded $140,000 to new nonprofit corporation Bridge to Cures Inc. to establish a seed fund to benefit medical research in southeastern Wisconsin.
DHS yet to name new Medicaid Director
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has not yet named a replacement for Brett Davis, who resigned as the state's Medicaid Director in March.
