University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Planetary Health

Coughing visualization illustrates the benefits of wearing a good mask

While experts underscore that wearing a mask is effective in helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19, not all masks — or the materials with which they’re made — contain virus particles equally.

Human Activity Contributes to Apparent Increase in Diseases from Animals

GHI Advisory Committee Member Tony Goldberg discusses with Spectrum News 1.

COVID questions: Dog parks, work from home, future of cities

Your questions about COVID-19 answered by UW-Madison experts.

Coronavirus: Pandemic Causes Kids To Miss Vaccinations

According to the CDC, children across the nation have fallen behind on routine vaccinations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. GHI Director James Conway informs us about steps the health community is taking to get ahead of the issue before students return to school in the fall.

Fewer Than Half Of Wisconsin Grocery Shoppers Mask Up

UW-Madison Observational Study Shows 41 Percent Of Customers Cover Face During Pandemic.

Hamsters develop protective immunity to COVID-19 and are protected by convalescent sera

The new study is led by Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a GHI Advisory Committee member.

What if all viruses disappeared?

“If all viruses suddenly disappeared, the world would be a wonderful place for about a day and a half, and then we’d all die – that’s the bottom line,” says Tony Goldberg, GHI Advisory Committee member. “All the essential things they do in the world far outweigh the bad things.”

DHS announces studies to identify communities at risk for COVID-19 outbreaks

There have been 23,454 positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin as of Wednesday, according to the state Department of Health Services. That’s an increase of 256 cases from the day before.

A coalition of scientists takes on COVID-19 – with data

GHI Director Jonathan Patz has been part of the data group.

How humanity has unleashed a flood of zoonotic diseases

“If this isn’t the wake-up call, nothing is going to be,” says Tony Goldberg, a professor of epidemiology at UW and a GHI Advisor Committee member.