27 Apr The race to get convalescent plasma to COVID-19 patients
Blood centers across the nation are trying to get antibodies from coronavirus survivors to patients who want this experimental treatment. But it’s not easy....
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27 Apr Personalized medicine in the aftermath of COVID-19
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers and citizens will increasingly turn to thought leaders in health and medicine for answers about how to equip our health systems to respond to medical challenges in a new era....
20 Apr Q&A: Watching racial disparities play out with COVID-19
Joshua Wright is the community project coordinator for the Cancer Health Disparities Initiative at the UW Carbone Cancer Center. He's been at the forefront of helping Madison black men, in particular, learn about their health and identify risk factors and healthy habits. ...
16 Apr Getting the facts on COVID-19
UW Health Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Sheryl Henderson talks about COVID-19....
13 Apr First COVID-19 patient at University Hospital treated with plasma from recovered patient
A COVID-19 patient at UW Hospital has received the first transfusion of plasma from a local patient who donated it since recovering from the disease....
13 Apr How can we save black and brown lives during a pandemic? Data from past studies can point the way
Sandra Crouse Quinn spoke to Science Magazine about how studies of past epidemics like that of the H1N1 flu reveal risk factors to communities of color—and suggest solutions to be applied to the COVID-19 pandemic....
07 Apr UW Hospital to treat COVID-19 patients with survivor blood starting next week
By early next week, proteins from the blood of people who have recovered from COVID-19 could be helping patients at UW Hospital fight their infections....
06 Apr ‘They All Have This Superpower’: Researchers Want Plasma From Recovered COVID-19 Patients
Medical researchers in Milwaukee and Madison are working to collect blood from people who have recovered from COVID-19. The goal is to use plasma rich in antibodies to treat hospitalized patients struggling to fight of the new coronavirus....
02 Apr UW–Madison, FluGen, Bharat Biotech to develop CoroFlu, a coronavirus vaccine
An international collaboration of virologists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the vaccine companies FluGen and Bharat Biotech has begun the development and testing of a unique vaccine against COVID-19 called CoroFlu....
01 Apr Color gears up to enter COVID-19 testing space
Color, the California-based genetic testing company known for providing hereditary risk testing for cancer and cardiovascular conditions, said that it will soon begin providing COVID-19 testing....