Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on April 15, 2020
UW–Madison researchers tracking travel, social media to help contain virus
Forced to choose between staying away from others to prevent the spread of a pandemic and casting a ballot in Wisconsin’s April 7 election, crowds […]
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Posted on April 14, 2020
Study identifies barriers and motivators to physical distancing among Wisconsin residents
A group of UW–Madison researchers partnered with the Wisconsin League of Municipalities and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to measure Wisconsin residents’ self-reported physical […]
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Posted on April 3, 2020
Food safety and COVID-19 – Audio
Barb Ingham, Extension Food Science Specialist Department of Food Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences bhingham@wisc.edu (608) 263-7383 Total time – 7:17 0:13 […]
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Posted on April 1, 2020
UW–Madison CALS experts available to discuss COVID-19 impacts
The following experts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences are available to discuss impacts of COVID-19 and to provide tips and […]
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Posted on March 31, 2020
CALS research labs gather surplus PPE for frontline health care workers
As the COVID-19 pandemic drains Wisconsin hospitals and health care facilities of their personal protective equipment (PPE) stockpiles, research units in UW–Madison’s College of Agricultural […]
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Posted on March 30, 2020
UW–Madison temporarily closes on-campus Dairy Cattle Center in wake of COVID-19
In just a few weeks, there have been many changes on the UW–Madison campus – in-person classes have been replaced with distance learning alternatives and […]
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Posted on March 26, 2020
Six UW–Madison postdoctoral fellowships funded by state-sponsored Dairy Innovation Hub
The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) recently awarded six, two-year postdoctoral fellowships to help increase dairy-related research capacity through the […]
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Posted on March 25, 2020
Survey: Many still find it hard to stay home during pandemic, worry about mental health during isolation
Most people are motivated to physically separate themselves from others to help stop the spread of coronavirus — according to more than 26,000 Wisconsin residents […]
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Q&A with Amy Wray: Bats and COVID-19
It would be hard to find someone more enthusiastic about bats than Amy Wray. She’s so fascinated by these winged mammals that she has devoted […]
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Posted on March 17, 2020
Stephenson and Shutske: Six possible impacts of COVID-19 on farming
The World Health Organization now considers the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to be a pandemic. The rapidly evolving situation is raising questions throughout the U.S. The […]