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WisContext: Why Wisconsin presents a ‘perfect opportunity’ for a measles outbreak
It’s “remarkable” to GHI Associate Director James Conway that Wisconsin has not had a measles case yet, given that Wisconsin has the fifth highest rate of measles vaccine refusal in the nation.
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WKOW: Digging Deeper – Wisconsin parents and doctors on ‘high-alert’ amid measles outbreak
GHI Associate Director James Conway discussed the growing measles outbreak with WKOW.
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Wisconsin Public Television: Here and Now – Vaccine Waivers
GHI Associate Director James Conway spoke with Wisconsin Public Television about vaccine waivers (start 20:41).
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Photo Gallery: To serve insects — and eat them!
Students, faculty and community members whipped up and ate tasty dishes made partly of crickets, mealworms and other insects, at an April 26 Cooking with Insects workshop. Check out some photos from the workshop.
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UW–Madison’s Institute For Research On Poverty joins the National Academy Of Medicine in countering the opioid epidemic
In response to the opioid epidemic, the UW-Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty is among more than 100 organizations across the U.S. that have joined the National Academy of Medicine in declaring their commitment to reversing national trends in opioid misuse and overdose.