University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Climate & Land Use Change

State responds to increased demand for COVID-19 testing

As of Tuesday afternoon, state testing for the new coronavirus had resulted in 72 positive cases and 1,038 negative cases in Wisconsin, according to the state Department of Health Services.
The Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene says it has more than tripled its capacity to test specimens from patients suspected of contracting the new coronavirus.

Out today in JAMA online: Patz and colleagues call for climate action now to benefit health

Disappointed with the lack of action at the 25th United Nations climate change conference (COP25) last year in Madrid, Jonathan Patz, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI), and colleagues call for renewed dedication to reduce fossil fuel emissions to benefit health in a Viewpoint commentary released online today (February 28, 2020) …