A second line of defense — the immune system’s T cells — may offer protection from COVID-19 even when vaccine-induced antibodies no longer can, according to new research out of the University of Wisconsin School …
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Osorio To Lead UW Global Health Institute
Posted onJorge Osorio, an expert in epidemiology, virology and vaccines, has been named the next director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Global Health Institute. Osorio, professor of pathobiological sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine, has …
Amidst First Major Avian Flu Outbreak in Years, UW Vaccine Research Underway
Posted on The Badger HeraldPalmyra Residents Concerned Over Handling of Avian Flu Outbreak at Local Farm
Posted on WORT 89.9 FMResearchers Work on Avian Influenza Vaccine
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Understanding the Human-Animal Interplay of COVID-19 and Other Diseases
Posted onTony Goldberg knows that most human diseases, like COVID-19, don’t start — or end — with our species. These diseases are really a part of our whole ecosystem, and that includes the animals we interact …

Researchers Work to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine to Contain Future Outbreaks
Posted onSince being detected in South Carolina in mid-January, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has spread through commercial and backyard flocks along the East Coast and in the Midwest. On March 14, the first case of …

Antivirals, Some Antibodies, Work Well Against BA.2 Omicron Variant of COVID-19 Virus
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Current Anti-COVID Pills Work Well Against Omicron, but Antibody Drugs Are Less Effective
Posted onThe drugs behind the new pills to treat COVID-19 remain very effective against the omicron variant of the virus in lab tests, according to a new study. However, lab tests also showed that the available …