In anticipation of the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines, UW Health is training staff to administer them to tier 1A front-line healthcare workers. Nurses, nursing assistants, clinical techs and others are being trained to prepare the vials of vaccines and administer them. To master injecting the vaccines, they will first practice by injecting colleagues (and sometimes […]
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Banking on patient samples to advance COVID-19 research
In the spring of 2020, when UW–Madison instruction moved online and most research became remote, efforts picked up at the UW Carbone Cancer Center Translational Science Biocore BioBank.
Read the full article at: https://news.wisc.edu/banking-on-patient-samples-to-advance-covid-19-research/Quick, routine coronavirus testing reassures both campus and volunteers
Unlike other testing on campus, which is more likely to attract people who are sick or who believe they’ve been exposed to COVID-19, Jon Temte’s program constantly re-tests a stable population of volunteers — even when they feel fine.
Read the full article at: https://news.wisc.edu/quick-routine-coronavirus-testing-reassures-both-campus-and-volunteers/UW–Madison offers surge testing to community amid rise in cases
UW-Madison will offer free COVID-19 testing to area residents, ages five years and older, beginning Thursday, Nov. 12. This testing is for members of the public and participants do not need to be a UW–Madison student or employee.
Read the full article at: https://news.wisc.edu/uw-madison-offers-surge-testing-to-community-amid-rise-in-cases/Tracking virus mutations reveals success of stay-at-home orders
A family tree of more than 200 variations in the virus that causes COVID-19 helps explain why two Wisconsin counties had such different early experiences with the pandemic.
Read the full article at: https://news.wisc.edu/tracking-virus-mutations-reveals-success-of-stay-at-home-orders/COVID-19 model quantifies impact of region-specific social distancing orders
A simulation using cellphone data shows social distancing measures had a major influence on case numbers, though the impact varied markedly in different areas, even within the same state.
Read the full article at: https://news.wisc.edu/covid-19-model-quantifies-impact-of-region-specific-social-distancing-orders/UW–Madison partners with state and federal public health agencies on COVID-19
The UW, the CDC and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services are working together to better understand COVID-19 on college campuses, build upon knowledge about the virus that causes the disease, and contribute to improved local, state and national response to the pandemic.
Read the full article at: https://news.wisc.edu/uw-madison-partners-with-state-and-federal-public-health-agencies-on-covid-19/Badger Seal increases the benefits of wearing a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic
Wastewater surveillance program detects the genetic fingerprint of SARS-CoV-2 in Wisconsin’s sewage
Detecting and measuring how much virus is in wastewater is may provide an early warning signal that cases of COVID-19 may soon rise and provide a readout of how levels of virus change in a population over time.
Read the full article at: https://news.wisc.edu/everybody-poops-some-shed-the-virus-that-causes-covid-19-wisconsins-wastewater-surveillance-is-looking-for-it/UW Health and University of Wisconsin selected as one of first clinical sites in the U.S. to test new COVID-19 vaccine
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