University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: COVID-19

Which COVID-19 future will we choose?

Amid this global health crisis, it is important to consider what a post-Covid-19 world might look like and what destructive paths the pandemic might take.

UW NOW features Nasia Safdar on COVID-19 preparedness

UW-Madison's Nasia Safdar, M.S., Ph.D., talks about the preparedness of the health system to blunt the tide of COVID-19.

UW-Madison, Flugen, Bharat Biotech to develop coroflu, a coronavirus vaccine

UW-Madison researcher Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a member of the GHI Advisory Committee, is part of an international collaboration developing and testing a COVID-19 vaccine.

Death Projections Can Make Us Feel Helpless. One Expert Explains a Better Way to Get People to Act.

UW-Madison's Dominique Brossard discusses with Mother Jones how to convince people to take steps to slow COVID-10.

We Can Go the Distance Together: 10 ways you can do your part

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Communication Collaborative for COVID-19 Response has developed 10 essential steps to limit the spread of COVID-19. They reflect the overall need for maintaining a physical distance from each other, washing you hands and staying home: Physical distancing means avoiding non-essential outings and staying six feet from others when you go out. …

UW responds to racist incidents, COVID-19 pandemic through Zoom town hall

ver 400 people tuned into a virtual town hall Thursday to hear University of Wisconsin-Madison administrators discuss responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, most notably a recent rise in hate and racist incidents.

Lessons from past epidemics

Tokyo 2021? The decision to postpone the Summer Olympics, explained

GHI Board of Visitors members Mary Wilson and John Lange help us understand why postponing the games was the best decision.

Survey: Many still find it hard to stay home during pandemic, worry about mental health during isolation

UW COVID-19 survey finds most people are ready to physically separate from others to help stop the virus -- but it's a challenge.

Can veterinarians prevent the next pandemic?

Christopher Olsen, director of the Graduate | Professional | Capstone Certificates in Global Health and professor emeritus in Veterinary Medicine, looks at links between human & animal diseases.