2024 was a record year for obesity trials and 2025 is already poised to take over
The popularity of GLP-1R drugs has catapulted the treatment landscape of obesity into the spotlight....
13 January, 2025
Public health
UW Health to begin annual respiratory virus season masking
To help protect patients and care teams from illness, UW Health will begin annual masking requirements starting in mid-November and ending in mid-March to align with the usual respiratory virus season....
08 November, 2024
HIV: how close are we to a vaccine — or a cure?
Stem-cell transplants have freed seven people of the virus, but researchers say most long-term interventions remain a distant prospect....
02 September, 2024
Clinical trial access in the US: Where are today’s trials missing?
We use the latest clinical trial data to map out active site locations and understand how healthcare deserts are affecting clinical trial access in the United States, and how this can be addressed....
19 August, 2024
Why Black women are pushing to diversify health care industry
As a Black psychologist of Barbadian descent, Jackman knew she was looking for a therapist of color who had experience working with couples. The search, however, proved to be more challenging than she expected....
12 August, 2024
Science Through a Glass Darkly
The filters of modern news media create disparate, personalized perceptions of science. Researchers at CALS are looking for ways to craft messages that resonate with people of all viewpoints....
30 July, 2024
National Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare produces key recommendations for lawmakers
Today, the summit organizers, UW Health and Epic, published a report detailing key recommendations for policymakers as they consider the future of AI in health care....
29 July, 2024
Covid-flu combination vaccine shows positive results in late-stage trial, Moderna says
There could be a combined Covid-19 and flu shot in our future, although it won’t be ready for this year’s flu season....
10 June, 2024
A hub for community connection in South Madison
An initiative of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Office of Community Relations, UWSMP serves as a meeting location for dozens of local groups, university programs and other organizations....
16 May, 2024
This lifesaving treatment was designed for one. Could it be the future of medical care?
Susannah is at the vanguard of a new movement in medicine: therapy so specialized it is designed for just a few patients, or even a single one. Such bespoke therapies are possible because of advances in medicine including gene therapy, the messenger RNA approach used...
26 November, 2023