Category: Planetary Health

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As we navigate this global pandemic together, the University of Wisconsin–Madison invites you to subscribe to the new COVID-19 Update newsletter, designed to keep you up to date on coronavirus, resources and research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. See the first newsletter here. To subscribe to the newsletter, sign up here. Find the latest plans …

2020 UW-Madison Distinguished Teaching Awards

Congratulations to Paul Block, a member of the GHI Advisory Committee, and Andrea Hicks, a Planetary Health Scholars advisor, on receiving this year's UW-Madison Distinguished Teaching Award.

Pandemic: COVID-19 documentary

Ajay Sethi, associate professor of Population Health Sciences and a GHI Advisory Committee member, was featured in the Discovery Channel's "Pandemic: COVID-19."

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.

Which COVID-19 future will we choose?

Amid this global health crisis, it is important to consider what a post-Covid-19 world might look like and what destructive paths the pandemic might take.

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. …