Tag Covid-19
First employees and students receive COVID-19 vaccine at University Health Services
The arrival of vaccine provides a lot of hope for students and employees that campus will ultimately return to normal, says Jake Baggott, executive director of UHS and associate vice chancellor for student affairs/health and wellbeing.
University Health Services to vaccinate Phase 1a eligible individuals against COVID-19
“We know it could be many months before all of our students and employees can be vaccinated," says a UHS official, "but this is an important and hopeful first step.”
COVID questions: First wave of vaccines, indoor ventilation tips
How do you find out if you're eligible for the vaccine? And now that it's winter, how can you ventilate your home?
Fourteen campus sites will support COVID-19 testing in spring
The University of Wisconsin–Madison recently announced an enhanced health and safety program that will begin in January. It will include expanded on-campus COVID-19 testing…
University of Illinois, partner in UW spring testing, surpasses 1 million COVID-19 tests
Beginning in January, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will implement a new campus safety and testing program called Safer Badgers, adapted from a successful system called Shield T3 developed by the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
UW–Madison finalizing plans to provide COVID-19 vaccine to eligible students and employees
University Health Services will manage the process of administering vaccines to frontline health care workers and other individuals at UW–Madison who are eligible for the initial phase of vaccination, or Phase 1a.
Badger Talks video: Vaccine arrival is first step
“I could see that by fall 2021 things could start to look substantially different than what we’ve all been living with," says global health expert James Conway.
Trailer to be center of testing
A mobile lab run by University of Illinois System subsidiary Shield T3 was set up Friday in Lot 64 near the WARF building. The lab will conduct diagnostic PCR testing of saliva samples collected at sites across campus from students and employees starting in January.
Vaccine arrives at UW Health
UW Health received its first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine the morning of Monday, Dec. 14. By early afternoon, the first doses were given to frontline medical personnel.
COVID-19 stories and experts: Vaccine distribution, well-being, back to the workplace
The following UW–Madison stories and experts are available on current topics surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID questions: Economic recovery, different tests
What's the difference between a PCR test and an antigen test? How has the vaccine affected the economic recovery?
Preparing for the vaccine
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…
A look at vaccine development and distribution
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a terrible impact, but it also has inspired one of the greatest scientific efforts in generations, spurring researchers around the globe to produce multiple potential vaccines in a short time.
COVID questions: Transmission after vaccine, face mask effectiveness
Can someone who receives the COVID-19 vaccine still transmit the virus? What are some studies that prove the effectiveness of face masks?
Badger Talks video: Working women and the pandemic
In this Badger Talks interview, engineering professor Pam Kreeger discusses why it’s important for women to be okay with saying no and why it’s so crucial to know your own needs and what it takes to stay healthy and balanced.
Health care workers appeal to people of Wisconsin for help
Hundreds of UW Health workers call on the people of Wisconsin to take precautions against COVID-19 to avoid overwhelming hospitals.
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.
Student survey results being used to improve fall, spring semesters
Campus leaders are using the results from two just-completed student surveys — one for undergraduates and one for graduate students — to improve the student…
UW-Madison adds second surge testing site at Kohl Center for students and employees
The rapid antigen tests complement PCR tests currently available for students and employees through University Health Services (UHS) as positive COVID-19 rates continue to rise in Dane County and across the state.
Employee responses to survey will inform spring COVID-19 testing program
The answers will help UW–Madison’s public health team decide where to establish campus COVID-19 testing sites in the spring, as well as the days and hours of operation.