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U.S. – China Symposium on Family Medicine & Community Health

Setting the stage for future professional collaboration between the U.S. and China through a week-long symposium. Symposium goals: Learn about advances in the U.S. that have relevance to the practice of primary care medicine and to the development of the workforce of health professionals in Community Health Services in China.   Exchange ideas among Chinese …

Digital Journal: Fish die-off in Wisconsin lake leads to discovery of new virus

GHI Associate Director Tony Goldberg identified a new virus in Wisconsin’s largemouth bass.

Cap Times: UW-Madison in the right spot to collaborate on Zika research

Human and veterinary medicine plus a mosquito lab and primate center make UW perfect for Zika research.

UW’s Holloway to lead NASA Health and Air Quality Initiative

Tracey Holloway will help NASA make environmental satellite data more accessible and useful.

New virus found during investigation into largemouth bass fish kill

GHI associate director Tony Goldberg identifies new emerging disease in Wisconsin’s largemouth bass.

Clean Lakes Alliance’s Loop the Lake bike ride

Loop the Lake is Clean Lakes Alliance’s annual bike ride around Lake Monona that highlights our community’s lakes and lakeshore bike paths. Info and tickets here.

Watch new Zika video from UW-Madison

Watch the new UW-Madison Zika video here.

Wisconsin State Journal: FluGen starts tests of a new influenza vaccine on humans

Breakthrough research by Yoshihiro Kawaoka, an influenza specialist in the School of Veterinary Medicine and GHI Advisory member, and UW’s Gabriele Neumann is key to a new kind of influenza vaccine that’s starting its first round of human tests.

Sun Prairie Star: Wisconsin Partnership Program awards grants

The Wisconsin Partnership Program awarded nine grants that will improve health throughout Wisconsin with better nutrition, better maternal care, alcohol reduction and more.

Nature: Palliative care – The other opioid issue

Pain relief is a human right — but the “war on drugs” has made it difficult to access the powerful pain killers some patients need. GHI’s Jim Cleary provides insight.