The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention authorized the COVID-19 vaccine for kids under five and UW Health experts say they’re ready to start rolling out vaccinations in Wisconsin....
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents last week approved revisions to contract approval policies that will provide greater flexibility for UW–Madison related to approval of research and clinical trials and athletic employment contracts....
Although many clinical trial sponsors are broadly aware of the need for more diverse participation, most still struggle to implement specific, structural changes that will help trials better represent the wider population....
Clinical trials largely fail to enroll diverse patient populations — and in the last couple of years, patient advocates, the FDA and even a slate of pharma companies have taken steps to change that....
Many biopharmaceutical companies have discussed how the pandemic has changed clinical trials. However, study sites have also implemented strategies to bring studies into a new realm....
A research team led by University of Wisconsin–Madison virologist Yoshihiro Kawaoka and colleagues in Japan show that the BA.2 subvariant of omicron is similar to BA.1 in both the severity of illness it causes and in its ability to cause infection....
UW Health and the UW School of Medicine and Public Health celebrate Clinical Trials Day by honoring the collaborative efforts of those who conduct clinical trials and those who participate in them and how their work contributes to public health and medicine....
In honor of Clinical Trials Day, UW Health is recognizing the researchers, staff and participants who contribute to public health and medicine in the form of clinical trials....
UW Health CEO Dr. Alan Kaplan weighed in on the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, his health system’s efforts to expand care and how mergers in the state could affect them during a Wisconsin Health News Newsmaker event Thursday....
The effect of breast cancer therapy on fertility may have to be accommodated in future clinical trials owing to the trend of more younger patients participating in studies....
