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Work with GHI: Apply now for a communications intern position
GHI is seeking a well-rounded communications intern who can assist with social media, website maintenance and creating newsletters. The deadline to apply is August 9.
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Madison.com: Combat Blindness in Madison ends cataract backlog in Botswana, turns 35
Madison-based Combat Blindness International, founded by Dr. Suresh Chandra, 82, a now-retired UW-Madison ophthalmologist, which has supported 360,000 cataract surgeries in 15 countries over 35 years, achieved a first last month: It helped eliminate the backlog of blind people waiting for cataract surgery in an entire country, Botswana.
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PBS: Outside factors impacting health with Dr. Sheri Johnson
Every year, the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps delivers detailed data state by state, county by county, how a myriad of factors contribute to health and health equity. Dr. Sheri Johnson says this year’s rankings emphasize housing and communities to explain the interconnectedness of inequality and health.
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Wisconsin Medicaid expansion lowered antidiabetic drug costs 70 percent
A new study by a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers shows that Wisconsin Medicaid’s 2014 coverage expansion had a tremendous impact on making antidiabetic drugs more affordable for one of the state’s populations that needs them most: childless adults with low income.
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WPR: Net-zero carbon by 2050 is feasible: UW-Madison researchers say Madison Gas & Electric’s goal is within reach
Two GHI Advisory Committee members and environmental studies researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Tracey Holloway and Greg Nemet discuss Madison Gas & Electric’s new goal of net-zero carbon electricity.