Articles by Samantha Nash

In Wisconsin, scientists have been in the thick of research into the coronavirus and ways to fight its spread and effects.
When COVID-19 took root across the United States in early 2020 the illness quickly overshadowed other public health priorities. The effects of this novel coronavirus were identified as grave and far-reaching, and the disease eclipsed a much more familiar threat to human health.
Deadly global pandemics are rare enough to motivate widespread attention when they emerge, but people around the world face the threat of seasonal influenza every year.
Charting the animal origins of human diseases like COVID-19 can be difficult and often leads to unexpected discoveries.
In Wisconsin, the First World War and 1918 flu pandemic came together in a typical yet tragic way.
When a new and dangerous respiratory disease started racing around the globe in early 2020, it had been just over a century since humankind endured the 1918 influenza pandemic.
In places where the common grape vine recoils from the cold, old and new hybrid varieties are supporting a growing commitment to viticulture in the Midwest.
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