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Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene works with campus partners to test for COVID-19
As COVID-19 has infected more than 1 million people around the world — and more than 2,500 Wisconsin residents — since late December 2019, everything from nose-and-throat swabs to the chemical substances, or reagents, needed to conduct tests for the disease are in short supply. Alana Sterkel, assistant director in the communicable disease division of…
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Sign up for UW-Madison coronavirus newsletter
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…
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UW-Madison publishing and printing team makes face shields for UW Hospital workers
MADISON – Trying to unwind after a long, hectic day working at UW Health, Leigh Larson couldn’t fall asleep. As director of graduate medical education and medical staff administration, her mind raced through the frightening scenarios that lay ahead for her health care colleagues bracing for the COVID-19 storm. Both concerned and restless, Leigh and…
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Hope to get nasal vaccine against Covid-19 into market in 12-18 months
Krishna Ella, a GHI Board of Visitors member and chairman of Bharat Biotech, discusses the COVID-19 vaccine collaboration.
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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.