Gov. Tony Evers has allocated about $32 million to University of Wisconsin System schools for COVID-19 testing and protection — a significant savings from the original request — based on the availability of a rapid, less costly test.
The study, by a group of researchers at NOAA and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, builds on previous research that found a trend, though not a statistically robust one, toward stronger tropical cyclones
Add this to the litany of bad news about the coronavirus pandemic: Opioid overdoses are up, likely because of stress. And La Crosse County may have seen the nation’s first verified reinfection of a person who previously was diagnosed with COVID-19. On the positive side, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are testing a COVID-19 saliva test that could provide results in just a few hours, allowing schools and workplaces to reopen.
Case in point: In 2018, data compiled by librarians at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) showed that while over half of children’s books feature white main characters, only 10% depict Black characters. “There are more children’s books about talking animals and trucks than there are about all other racial/ethnic groups combined,” says Parrott. “That is appalling.”
University of Wiconsin-Madison researchers are testing volunteers for COVID-19 with a new saliva test, hoping to increase the frequency of testing and speed of results in our community.
UW-Madison researchers believe a new COVID-19 test that uses spit could prove to be a faster, cheaper and less complicated method compared to other tests.
UW-Madison researchers have developed an experimental saliva test for COVID-19 that they say could be quicker, cheaper and easier to use than the nasal swab test most people take to see if they have the coronavirus.
The UW-System says it is prepared to test up to 350,000 students for coronavirus during the fall semester, following the allocation of $32 million from the office of Gov. Tony Evers.
The University of Wisconsin System be testing hundreds of thousands of students during the fall 2020 semester, thanks to $32 million from the office of Gov. Tony Evers.
The UW System and UW-Madison will receive another $32 million in CARES Act money to help the system test students when the school year begins.
Interim System President Tommy Thompson said on a media call with reporters Thursday those tests will be used to test students showing symptoms of COVID-19, and provide tests every other week for students living in residence halls. The System also will hire about 52 people to administer tests across UW campuses.
A newly formed coalition of University of Wisconsin-Madison worker unions released a statement Wednesday demanding COVID-19 policies that include fully online coursework, payment continuity and hourly student wages.
Bars and restaurants are bracing for the reality of no fans in Camp Randall this fall.
UW-Madison student-athletes are back on campus this summer for voluntary workouts. But this season, they are subject to taking COVID-19 tests, and some are coming back positive.
The University of Wisconsin reported 14 athletes had new positive COVID-19 tests over a 4½-week period as the number of players returning to campus for workouts and practices has grown.
Quoted: “I think the tricky thing with COVID-19 is you can’t assume that if you get it that you’ll do fine,” said Dr. Jeff Pothof with UW Health.
Quoted: “We’re seeing people with addiction being impacted by COVID stress a little bit more than the rest of the population,” said Dr. Michael Miller, an addiction medicine specialist at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
Quoted: “As a political institution, conventions have been in decline for a very long time,” said Byron Shafer, a political scientist, expert on conventions, and retired University of Wisconsin-Madison professor.
Timothy McVeigh used two tons of ammonium nitrate to bomb a federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995, leading to the deaths of 168 people. It was also used in a 1970 bombing on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus that led to one death and several injuries.
