At night in a Ugandan forest, a team of American and African scientists take oral swabs from insect-eating cyclops leaf-nosed bats. In a necropsy room near the Baltic Sea, researchers try to determine what killed a donkey, a Bennett’s tree-kangaroo and a capybara at a German zoo — all of them suffering from severe brain …
In the 2019-2020 Impact Report, read how the GHI community has worked across disciplines and around the world to address today's biggest health challenges, from COVID-19j to planetary health, advancing sustainable, equitable health for all.
Heath care leaders in Wisconsin are warning that if new cases of COVID-19 continue to climb, hospitals may become overwhelmed. They're urging people to stay home, wear masks, and not gather with people outside their household.
The Dane County Health Council and its community partner the Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness launched the Black Maternal and Child Health Alliance of Dane County to improve the birth outcomes of Black mothers and babies in Dane County.
GHI's Tony Goldberg shares evidence about a virus connection to mussel die-offs with the New York Times.
"We’re terrified of the possibility of a twindemic, as we call it, as travel picks up again and as we see loosening of restrictions around the country," said Dr. James Conway, UW Health pediatrician and GHI Associate Director of Health Sciences.
Until now, no one has been able to pin down why the world’s wild, freshwater mussels—often unnoticed and underappreciated engineers of stream and river health—are facing massive, unexpected die-offs. In a paper published today (September 2, 2020) in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. …
Ajay Sethi is a member of the GHI Advisory Committee.
Written by John E. Lange, a member of the GHI Board of Visitors.