University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Daily Cardinal: Campus wide women’s rights initiative looks to partner with ASM

Several academic departments and the Associated Students of Madison come together to help engage the 4W's.

Wisconsin State Journal: UW-Madison, Monona to collaborate on city project

Assistant Scientist Jason Vargo leads new effort to connect city needs with university classes, putting Wisconsin Idea into action.

DiscoverMagazine.com: What lessons will we learn from Zika?

GHI Advisory Member Jorge Osorio, GHI Director Jonathan Patz and UW researcher Matthew Aliota discuss Zika in Discover magazine.

Higher temperatures make Zika mosquito spread disease more

Experts are saying that increased temperatures are leading to a likely increase of the Zika virus.

Global access to medical opioids for severe pain still lacking

GHI Special Advisor James Cleary writes in "The Lancet" that worldwide access to medical opioids for pain is still lacking.

Washington Post: The hidden environmental factors behind the spread of Zika and other devastating diseases

The Washington Post explores the hidden environmental factors behind the spread of Zika and other devastating diseases.

GHI supports SVM researcher to help find Zika virus in Colombia, look for ways to stop it

GHI helped fund the doctoral student whose work was key to finding the Zika virus in Columbia.

UVM: Lecture: Jonathan Patz

“The Nation’s Health:” Climate change, health take center stage at Annual Meeting

Bird Habitat Changing Quickly As Climate Change Proceeds

The climatic conditions needed by 285 species of land birds in the United States have moved rapidly between 1950 and 2011 as a result of climate change, according to a recent paper published in Global Change Biology. “Our goal was to look at the climate where these birds were observed breeding over this period and …