University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Planetary Health

What Wisconsin’s shifting COVID-19 numbers show as testing broadens

Experts split on whether Wisconsin should reopen on a regional basis

GHI Associate Director speaks with Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

UW Planetary Health Scholars’ flash talks look toward a healthy, sustainable future

Martin Ventura uses mushrooms in his quest to turn corn stalks into a low-cost feed for crickets, an edible insect that can relieve food insecurity. Ramin Ghamkhar is finding ways to save energy in aquaponics systems that grow plants and fish in a closed loop. Jessica LeClair looks at the strategies nurses use to promote …

UW-Madison faculty, students help create a COVID-19 app for Wisconsinites

COVID-19 Wisconsin Connect, a free desktop and mobile app that provides accurate information, social support and helpful resources to Wisconsinites, launches today. The Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies (CHESS) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison developed the app in partnership with government, academic, medical, business and community organizations statewide. The desktop app can be accessed …

Primatologists work to keep great apes safe from coronavirus

GHI Associate Director Tony Goldberg talks with Science about the coronavirus danger to apes and efforts to protect them and local people.

Flu ‘backbone’ headstart for COVID vaccine development: Krishna Ella

Krishna Ella, a member of the GHI Board of Visitors, is building a COVID vaccine on a flu vaccine ‘backbone.’

COVID-19: A wake-up call for the need for new antiviral weapons

Morgridge researcher says we need to understand how viruses, produce new ways to arrest their spread and potentially prevent or more quickly quell future pandemics.

The Revolving Door of Disease Between Humans and Animals

GHI Associate Director Tony Goldberg talks about how genetic research is revealing the ways pathogens and parasites jump from species to species.

Maps provide zip code-level detail on risk of COVID-19 complications across Wisconsin

Preventing the next pandemic: Urgency for a Planetary Health approach

GHI Director Jonathan Patz explores the links between the emergency of new viruses and environmental disruption at the Nelson Institute’s Earth Day.