Top 10 media stories 2020 Children's Wisconsin
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News Dec 07, 2020

Extra! Extra! Top 10 media stories of 2020

Near and far, media helped Children’s Wisconsin spread crucial information and inspirational stories this year. From the importance of mental and behavioral health care to trailblazing patient care that impacted the whole country, our top media stories in 2020 had an overall focus on public health and access to care. Catch up on it all with our top 10 media stories of 2020.

  1. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Children’s Wisconsin Emergency Department adds mental health specialists 

  2. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: His life was saved because Wisconsin required testing babies for 'bubble boy disease.' Now that's standard in 50 states 

  3. New York Magazine: Who thought sucking on a battery was a good idea? Vaping is a health crisis that’s only just begun 

  4. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Lessons from the coronavirus – our response will have an impact on youth mental health 

  5. CBS Evening News: Hospitals see surge in babies with respiratory illness RSV 

  6. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Children’s Wisconsin gets $15 million gift 

  7. Milwaukee Business Journal: Children’s Wisconsin boosts size of expansion project 

  8. Children’s Hospitals Today: 3 emerging and enduring challenges in pediatric health care 

  9. TMJ4: Children’s Wisconsin to provide free flu shots at four Milwaukee Public Schools 

  10. WUWM: How one physician couple’s difficult pregnancy inspired a medical breakthrough

 

Check out our other year-in-review posts

Top 10 (non-COVID-19) blog posts from 2020

Thumbs up! Top 10 social media posts of 2020 

 

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