Category: One Health
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Emerging infectious diseases on the rise
Mary Wilson, M.D., a GHI Board of Visitors member, sees more diseases arising because of changes in the landscape and human populations.
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Schauer leads COVID-19 testing efforts at hygiene lab
Jamie Schauer is a member of the GHI Advisory Committee.
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Beware This COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Study’ From an 80s Teen Tech Titan and a Carnivorous Plant Smuggler
GHI Associate Director Jim Conway and GHI Advisory Committee Member Ajay Sethi are quoted in the Daily Beast.
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Anxiety, hope, trust and slowing the spread of COVID-19 conspiracy theories
A conversation with UW-Madison professor and GHI Advisory Committee member Ajay Sethi about making sense of the coronavirus crisis in a sea of misinformation
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Study shows cats can contract, spread coronavirus
In a study published today (May 13, 2020) in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists in the U.S. and Japan report that in the laboratory, cats can readily become…
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Are states coordinating or going rogue in COVID-19 attack? Wisconsin shows a mix of both
GHI Associate Director James Conway discusses with the Journal Times.
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How India can be a world leader in making a Covid vaccine and keeping it cheap too
Krishna Ella, a member of the GHI Board of Visitors, discusses with The Print.
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Experts split on whether Wisconsin should reopen on a regional basis
GHI Associate Director speaks with Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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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…
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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)…
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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.
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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.'
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Artists find ways to help families get through coronavirus pandemic
The Giant Snorflaggle, resplendent in a fantastic top hat, wings to fly and a pointed tail, is on the job to help children understand the coronavirus pandemic. “Parents need to…
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Survey finds majority of Wisconsin residents say they practice social distancing ‘very much’
The report – funded in part by GHI and 4W – used responses given by 503 Wisconsin residents to a survey researchers at the university conducted from March 26 to…
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GHI joins call for WHO Equity Task Force
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI) joins policy-makers along with medical, academic and non-profit organizations from around the world to call on the World Health Organization to form…