COVID-19 vaccine administration to begin at University Health Services
By Jessica Sonkin | Jan. 1, 2021UW-Madison campus community members within Phase 1a have begun to receive notice of eligibility for the vaccination through UHS.
UW-Madison campus community members within Phase 1a have begun to receive notice of eligibility for the vaccination through UHS.
New efforts to stop the virus include widespread mandatory testing, Safer Badgers app usage and requirements upon returning to campus after winter break.
The Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change released its 120-page report Wednesday detailing 55 policy strategies across nine sectors to mitigate climate change in the state.
University officials said Rich Yaeger was fired for “workplace policy violations” rather than for the motorcycle incident itself.
It moved fast, slithering like a snake from person to person and striking with near perfection. First her younger daughter contracted it, then her oldest daughter, followed by her grandson and former husband. It hit the family hard.
Gov. Tony Evers announced Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Defense deployed U.S. Army medical personnel to address staffing shortages at Marshfield Medical Center facilities throughout the state. This announcement came after a slight increase in cases this past week.
Further extending a year-long vacancy, the Madison Police and Fire Commission decided to delay its election of the Madison Police Department’s next chief following strong feedback and concerns from the public Wednesday.
Graduate worker union demands UW-Madison for financial mercy as university faces a financial crisis of its own.
The two-month pop-up shop hopes to provide shoppers with ethically sourced gift options.
The ASM Student Council representatives unanimously passed two pieces of legislation, both related to UW-Madison’s policies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BinaxNOW rapid antigen testing will remain available across 22 UW System testing sites through Dec. 25.
UW Health, as a designated hub for vaccine distribution, will provide the vaccine to the region's health systems and long-term care facilities.
Candidate Christopher A. Davis in particular has faced criticism for his past department’s use of excessive force during protests.
The state government’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force discussed ways to collect better data for missing Indigenous women in Wisconsin at its first ever meeting Friday.
The Impact Demand organizer hopes to carry her community experience to the elected position.
A scientific journal has retracted a 1951 paper written by a UW-Madison professor due to defamatory content toward homosexual participants of a study that attempted to convert them to be straight.
For nearly a month this fall, protesters gathered outside the governor’s mansion to call on Gov. Tony Evers to use his clemency powers to reduce state prison populations due to the spread of COVID-19 in those facilities.
Former alder Brian Benford and high school history teacher Shawn Matson will be running for the Dis. 6 city council seat.
In a lecture hosted by the Wisconsin Alumni Association on Tuesday, UW-Madison faculty Dr. James Conway, R. Alta Charo and Dr. Jonathan Temte discussed a source of hope during the COVID-19 pandemic: the newly created COVID-19 vaccine.
A study by an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology determined that trips to the bars played a crucial role in the COVID-19 outbreak among UW-Madison students earlier this semester.