University of Wisconsin–Madison

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COVID-19 disrupts a major year for biodiversity policy and planning

GHI Associate Director Tony Goldberg says crisis is delaying efforts to preserve biodiversity.

Wisconsin infectious diseases expert: Allowing in-person voting Tuesday ‘just seems really irresponsible’

GHI Associate Director James Conway says Tuesday election poses significant health risks.

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

Deleting a gene prevents Type 1 diabetes in mice by disguising insulin-producing cells

Removing a gene from the cells that produce insulin prevents mice from developing Type 1 diabetes by sparing the cells an attack from their own immune system, a new UW–Madison study shows.

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.