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How to communicate with students about COVID-19, according to science

Dominique Brossard, a GHI Advisory Committee member, says student leaders and community solidarity can make a difference to student outlook on COVID-19.

We’re not out of the woods with holiday COVID-19 spike

Ajay Sethi, a GHI Advisory Committee member, says don't let up on pandemic precautions.

Five tips for how to actually change an anti-masker’s mind, according to experts

Dominique Brossard, a member of GHI's Advisory Committee, has advice about how to talk to anti-maskers.

Q & A with UW immunization expert James Conway on Wisconsin’s COVID-19 vaccination process

GHI Associate Director James Conway says '"People have kind of started to come around to understanding that a vaccine really is our best and most likely off-ramp to get off of this horrible ride."

Badger Talks video: Vaccine arrival is first step

Watch the video As the first doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine are administered to essential workers, James Conway is optimistic that they seem to be “at least the first step in this exit ramp that we’re all looking for.” Conway is an expert on international immunization programs and global health and an associate director at …

COVID and Equity webinar series yields takeaways for moving forward

In a series of webinars hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute, experts from across campus, Wisconsin and the world convened to consider the challenges of equity and systemic racism magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic and the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black, Indigenous and People of Color from police …

What if COVID-19 takes hold in animals?

GHI Advisory Committee member Tony Goldberg takes a look at what could happen in COVID takes hold in animals.

The need to improve student literacy in climate and health

The climate crisis endangers children’s health, but few students are learning about these risks. Learn more from GHI's Jonathan Patz and Valerie Stull with Maggie Grabow and Vijay Limaye.

Developing a definition of climate and health literacy

GHI's Jonathan Patz and Valerie Stull are co-authors of a paper to improve understanding of the complex relationship between health and climate.

UW-Madison launches global health major

Building on the success of the Certificate in Global Health, UW-Madison has launched a global health major.