08 Apr UW Hospital to treat COVID-19 patients with survivor blood
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....
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06 Apr ’10 months of work in less than a week’: UW Health launching clinical trials of coronavirus treatment
Jeffrey Kluever, a 64-year-old from Wisconsin Lake Country, fought and beat COVID-19 and now hopes to donate his plasma for use in patients who are still sick with the disease....
06 Apr In COVID-19 Crisis, SBDC Lends a Hand to Wisconsin’s Small Businesses
“The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has called on the Small Business Development Center networks throughout the country to really be their boots on the ground in local areas for all the information that’s coming out regarding the legislation that provides assistance,” says Michelle Somes-Booher,...
03 Apr UW–Madison publishing and printing team makes face shields to protect UW Hospital workers
“The shields are critical to UW Health’s ability to keep caregivers safe while treating COVID-19 patients,” says Bob Scheuer, UW Health’s director of materials management. Scheuer expressed gratitude for the many offers of help from UW–Madison faculty and students, as well as the surrounding community....
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 STAY AT HOME WITH WISCONSIN’S OWN ONLINE STREAMING SELECTIONS FROM THIS YEAR’S WISCONSIN FILM FESTIVAL
The Wisconsin Film Festival (WFF), in partnership with Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin, is thrilled to announce “Stay at Home with Wisconsin’s Own.” Beginning April 2, 2020, the Wisconsin Film Festival will premiere one Wisconsin’s Own short film per day via the WFF YouTube channel....
01 Apr Engineering alum races from Utah to Wisconsin to contribute ventilator expertise
For Tyler Vermey, a crazy cross-country trip that included the aftermath of an earthquake and a raging blizzard was just the beginning of his role in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic....
31 Mar “Wisconsin COVID-19 Startup Talent” project to help those displaced from jobs and employers now hiring
As a result of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, many folks have lost their job and are looking for new short and long term employment. If you are hiring, please consider posting an opportunity here and using this list of local candidates....
31 Mar Wisconsin Partnership Program Announces $1.5 Million in COVID-19 Grant Funding
The Wisconsin Partnership Program has released the COVID-19 response request for proposals (RfP) to support innovative, promising strategies that aim to lessen the health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin....
31 Mar UW Health Creates a Respiratory Care Unit to Prepare for COVID-19
In an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, UW Health’s Emergency Department uses negative air pressure rooms to limit the risk of exposure. Originally, the main Emergency Department at University Hospital had five negative air pressure rooms but facilities crews worked last week to...
26 Mar UW Lab Engineers Made a DIY Face Shield. Now It’s Helping Doctors
Early last week, Lennon Rodgers, director of the Engineering Design Innovation Lab at University of Wisconsin-Madison, got an urgent email from the university’s hospital. Could his lab make 1,000 face shields to protect staff testing and treating Covid-19 patients?...
25 Mar Madison Chamber launches COVID-19 portal for businesses
Business operators with questions about community response efforts and business assistance for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have a new resource in the form of a virtual portal that was launched March 19 by the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce....